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Oldest Living "W" Man

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Portrait of Marshall M. Parkinson, 317 Langdon Street, a 1884 U.W. graduate and a emblem (letter) wearer in baseball. He attended Wisconsin before there wa...
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Else Heine

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Description: A portrait of Else Heine, a nurse.
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Health Care Concerns

Date: 1991
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (seated, second from the right) listens while Virginia McGinley testifies at a public forum on health care. This was...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Music Therapy Session

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Description: A music therapist (wearing a scarf on her head) leads a group of elderly residents of the Dane County Home in a music therapy session.
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Birthday Party

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Description: Seven residents of the Dane County Hospital and Home gather around a table to celebrate a birthday. A birthday cake sits on the table.
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Physician Attends an Injured Man

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Description: A doctor bandages a man's head at the Dane County Hospital and Home. Another patient waits in the background with a nurse.
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Madison Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Two women at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Nellie Kedzie Jones, guest of honor and pas...
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Lutefisk Supper

Date: 12
Description: Several women are served lutefisk at a lutefisk supper at the Dane County Home. There are plates of lefse and dinner rolls on the table.
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81st Birthday party for "Auntie" Benson

Date: 07 03 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital nurses singing "Happy Birthday" to Gunda Benson, who is seated in her wheelchair and surrounded by the group.
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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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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Nellie Lee MacBurney, 96 years old, shows a small china house to Betty Maresh, registered nurse, who works for the Visiting Nurse Service.
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Dr. Frank A. Niles, Senior Citizen

Date: 08 03 1958
Description: Dr. Frank A. Niles, 310 South Randall Avenue, age 76, is a retired Madison dentist and a charter member of the West Side Senior Citizens' Club.
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March of Dimes Activities

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Description: A group of elderly women sit together at a table working on March of Dimes activities. Pictured are Ona Smith, Julie Simonson, Mary Zweifel, Gussie Rowe, M...
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 27 1954
Description: Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered.
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Nursing Home Patients Find Dignity in Self-Help

Date: 09 14 1965
Description: Jim McCredie, resident of Colonial Manor Nursing Home, and also manager of the small store for residents, is shown helping a customer, Josephine Spoerl.
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Nursing Home Patients Find Dignity in Self-Help

Date: 09 14 1965
Description: Ella Rodefer is shown in her wheelchair at a table with others during their twice weekly coffee hour and social at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home.
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Les Beck

Date: 05 2000
Description: Les Beck at Firemen's Park.
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First Governor's Conference on Aging Population

Date: 05 28 1956
Description: Employment of older adults is one of the topics of discussion at the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population. 76 year old James Jordan works on ...
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Dora Larsan

Date: 12 09 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Dora Larsan, wearing a lace collar and a black dress.

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