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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Rhudra Gets Surgery

Date: 12 13 1985
Description: Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T...
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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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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Community Polio Vaccine

Date: 
Description: Tables are set up at a City Hall basement lobby as a venue for public access to the polio vaccine.
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Health for Victory Stage Set

Date: 09 17 1942
Description: Health for Victory stage, set up with posters, stove and refrigerator for Oscar Mayer at the Eastwood Theater. On the stage is a woman pointing to a poster...
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Artificial Respiration First Aid Class

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: Artificial respiration being taught in a Red Cross first aid class to State employees in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Parlor, supervised by Arne Le...
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First Aid Demonstration

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: Red Cross first aid class of State government employees in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly parlor practicing bandaging - standing l to r: E.C. Giessel...
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First Aid Demonstration

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: State government employees are being given a demonstration in splinting technique by Red Cross instructors in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly parlor. ...
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Major Bowes Amateurs with Governor La Follette

Date: 11 20 1935
Description: Group portrait of 20 winners on Major Bowes amateur radio hour, in town to perform at the Orpheum theater, with Governor Philip La Follette in the Capitol.
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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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Longfellow School Disabled Students

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: Disabled students with crutches, wheelchairs and other aids for locomotion holding a club meeting at Longfellow School in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Two patients in beds at the Lake View TB Sanatorium ward, located at 1202 Northport Drive.
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 04 27 1931
Description: View towards patients in beds, with nurses, on the sun porch at the Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
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Brillion News Building

Date: 1900
Description: View from street towards the Brillion News building. A man and two women are posed in the doorway at the corner of the building.
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Women Working at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Female workers binding publications Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Assembling Publications at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Men and women assembling publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Filling Orders at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Men and women sorting publications for distribution at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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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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Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...

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