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A Star Is Born

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" conte...
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Mothers and Children of the Neighborhood

Date: 08 27 1931
Description: Group portrait of mothers and children in front of a house at 434 Virginia Terrace.
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Nurse with Native Americans

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Description: A nurse poses on steps with a Native American mother and four children.
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Red Cross Liaison Agent Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels, a Red Cross liaison agent who works with servicemen and their families, is shown with Mrs. Elvin (Edna) Olson, whose husband,...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visiting nurse Maude Rydberg of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service, shows Mrs. William E. Johnson, the former Jane Weston, the proper way to use the cotton...
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Mrs. Charles H. (Mary) Rogers, graduate nurse and instructor in the infant-care course at the Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, explaining cer...
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"Well Baby" Clinic

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Dr. Ruth Foster, left, is shown examaning baby Janet Lee Sommerville while assisted by Nurse H. Anita Anderson as the mother, Mrs. Robert Somerville, is lo...
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Mrs. Robert S. Lincoln Receives a Life Saving Award

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Mrs. Robert S. Lincoln, 3118 Buena Vista Street, receives an award from police officer Lester Shore for her "heroine efforts" in saving 3-year-old Kurt Wis...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Cub Scout Marshall R. Hanks, Jr. brushes his teeth at a bathroom sink, with mother standing by checking directions for tooth brushing in a Cub Scout book.
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United Givers Fund Campaign

Date: 07 30 1954
Description: Cub Scouts roasting marshmallows with Aleen Plater, United Givers' Division head. Left to right: Mrs. Plater, Steve Plater, Joey MacDonald, Larry Frohmade...
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Eagle Scout Award

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: Robert Whipple pins a miniature badge on his mother, Myrtle Whipple, after receiving an Eagle Scout Badge at Luther Memorial Church. Left to right: Rev. Fr...
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Eagle Scout Presentation

Date: 02 12 1961
Description: Ernest N. Wackwitz, Sr., scoutmaster of troop sixteen at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, pins an Eagle Scout badge on his son Ernest (Bud) Wackwitz, Jr....
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Eagle Scout Awards

Date: 05 22 1961
Description: Three members of Explorer Scout Post 19 of Luther Memorial Church receive their Eagle Scout awards in ceremonies in the church. The scouts and their parent...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Visiting Nurses is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It provides free instruction about caring for infants, skilled home-nursing and part-time nursing care...
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Mrs. Clayton R. Felland, who is a private duty nurse and a mother of two daughters, reading a thermometer.
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Eleanor Blankenship

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Eleanor Blankinship, age 66, is shown at her desk at the University hospital allergy clinic where she started working in 1943. She shares a house with her ...

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