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Newborn

Date: 03 18 1963
Description: Four generations are represented in this portrait of a newborn baby with his mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Gathering of Ministerial Families at Parsonage of Jacob Aaall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: A gathering of ministerial families at the parsonage of Jacob Aaall Ottesen (1825-1904). Pastor Ottesen, seated on the far left with Mrs. Cathinka Doderlei...
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Kenneth R. and Virginia Lee Blies Humke

Date: 07 06 1949
Description: Dr. Kenneth R. Humke with his wife, Virginia Lee Blied, and son, David, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Blied. The Humkes were on their way from Gua...
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Studio Portrait Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. Sitting (l to r) Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [W...
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Olivia Douglass Se Cheverell

Date: 07 29 1949
Description: Mrs. L.L. (Olivia Douglass) Se Cheverell sitting in a chair while surrounded by four great grandchildren. She is celebrating her 100th birthday.
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrollment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Myrtle Cadwell, a retired nurse, butters a piece of bread as two of her three children, Kristi and Carlton, look on. As a graduate nurse she could be ...
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Three Generations of Native Americans

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Description: Two women and an infant represent three generations of an Indian family. They are posing at the steps of the Health Center, where they are to attend Mother...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Red Cross Blood Donors

Date: 03 14 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson, blood donors, and children, Mike, left and Sharon, right, at the Red Cross blood bank.
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Dr. Ernest Pohle Entertains Hospital Staff

Date: 09 11 1953
Description: Dr. Ernest Pohle and his wife Marie hosted a buffet lunch for the department of radiology at University Hospitals and the University of Wisconsin Medical S...
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Giese Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This barn is on the Gordon and Tammy Giese property at N7452 Hwy AY (Section 32). They are pictured with their children: Rebeckah, Jonathan Benjamin, Paul,...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown and their three children. Russell, right, is still fighting the effects of his paralysis from polio; he pins a Mother...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of Joyce and Norbert Plewke with their daughter, Pamela, who recently recovered from polio. Mrs. Plewke will participate in the upcoming Mot...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Cummings of Waunakee and their five children. The four older children put money in a contribution container for the Mothers' March...
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Flight Nurse with Her Father

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse Gwen Jensen is posing with her father, during her last hours before leaving U.S. soil at Alameda Navy Landing Strip. She is sitting close to h...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni...
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New U.W. Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Dr. Vernam Terrell Davis, assistant director of the division of mental hygiene at the Diognostic Center and associate professor of clinical psy...
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Mrs. Arnold (Elizabeth) Griswold sitting in a wheelchair beside her family. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...

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