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Children at Morningside Sanitorium

Date: 06 01 1935
Description: Group portrait of children with tuberculosis and their attendants, and with a man and woman in Salvation Army uniforms, sitting in a classroom at the Morni...
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Little Mothers Class

Date: 1915
Description: Mothers in class learning to care for their babies. The caption reads: "Little Mothers Class in Connection with School Work".
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James Melli Family

Date: 05 06 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Melli, King and Queen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison senior ball, look at their three month old son, James Junior, as they ponde...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Visiting Nurse Service volunteers, sponsored by Attic Angels, conduct a child health examination at Longfellow School. Rea Ragatz, center, is watching Dr. ...
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Children in a Tent

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Description: Young girl with children in tent.
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Mother and Child at Children's Camp

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Description: Children's camp at Highlander Folk School. A mother helps a baby put his shoe on.
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Man with Mother and Infant at Highlander

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Description: An African American man, possibly Medger Evers, and woman, with a baby at Highlander Folk School. A group of women can be seen in the background.
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The Farmers Union Bets On You!

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Description: A man is holding a baby in his lap, and the words: "The Farmers Union Bets on You" is collaged next to him. Part of a series of Highlander photomontages fr...
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Highlander Visitors

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Description: Myles Horton conversing with visitors to Highlander Folk School.
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Kindergarten Registration at Marquette School

Date: 09 13 1948
Description: Evelyn Frish, a kindergarten teacher at Marquette School, registers students for the new school year in the Marquette School gymnasium.
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Child Health Poster

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Description: Poster titled "Ignorance Kills - Knowledge Saves" encouraging expectant parents to learn about infant health. Poster includes six images: little mothers cl...
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Health Class

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Description: A nurse points to charts while teaching maternal and infant health to a small class of mothers who have children on their laps.
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Class for Mothers

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Description: A health care worker is instructing two mothers how to select shoes and stockings for their children. On the wall is a poster on clothing and shoes.
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Helen Woodbury

Date: 1933
Description: Helen Woodbury, age 12, a student at the Cloverland School, is pictured sitting in a small chair holding her baby brother, Jackie. They are posing just out...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Winter Street Scene

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Description: View down snow-covered path towards a woman pushing a child in a sleigh buggy. Location identified as probably looking from Third Street past the 1897 scho...
Poster

Horlick's Malted Milk For The Seven Ages

Date: 1900
Description: This advertisement features drawings of Shakespeare's Seven Ages beginning at the top left with: 'The Infant — "Perdita" Winter's Tale,' 'The Schoolboy — "...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Trained baby sitter Colleen Russell, 14, heating a bottle in the kitchen of Robert and JoAnn Kessenich. In the foreground is 8 month old Nancy. At right, ...
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Playing at Day Care

Date: 05 08 1979
Description: Care worker Gail Hirn plays with 23-month-old Tina Casper at Freedom House Infant Day Care Center, while other children are napping on cots in the backgrou...
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Weighing and Measuring Campaign, Lincoln School

Date: 1918
Description: Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ...

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