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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions in the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Works Projects Administration at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1938
Description: Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare.
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Careers in Mental Health

Date: 04 26 1959
Description: Mrs. John Mannering, social worker at the Wisconsin Diagnostic center is shown listening to two teen-aged girls recently admitted to the center.
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Dane County Home for the Aged

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of the Dane County Home for the Aged.
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Senior Center Tour

Date: 01 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey (right) enjoys lunch at a senior center in his northern Wisconsin congressional district.
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Camp Petenwell in Necedah

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Description: A view of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell at Broadway and 42nd St.
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Three members of the Woman's Club of Madison that presided at the tea for foster mothers of Dane county at the Wisconsin executives' mansion. Pictured are ...
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Camp Petenwell Entrance

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Description: A man stands in the entrance archway to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell.
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Three women who attended the Foster Mothers of Dane County tea at the Wisconsin executives mansion. Pictured are Margaret Straub, head resident at Blessed ...
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Delivering Meals on Wheels

Date: 09 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, a strong supporter of seniors, helps to deliver meals on wheels to a home-bound resident of his district.
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Portrait of Edwin E. Witte

Date: 1931
Description: Edwin Witte in his office as chief of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Service (1922-1933). Edwin Witte worked for social welfare programs most of his l...
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Professor and Mrs. Loomis Adopt Costa Rican Girls

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Michigan State Professor and Mrs. Charles Loomis with their three adopted Costa Rican daughters, Elizabeth Loomis, Vera Loomis and Laura Loomis.
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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Mrs. Marvel Albright (right), a Dane county social worker, visits with Margaret Olson (Madison) and Mrs. Charles Berend (DeForest) at a tea for Dane county...
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Lunch Time

Date: 01 1979
Description: Lunchtime at a senior center in central Wisconsin. Congressman David R. Obey can be seen talking in the background. Although the location has not been iden...
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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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Camp Petenwell CCC Barracks "Where We Sleep"

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Description: View down a long room with beds lined up in rows along the sides for Civilian Conservation Corps members at Camp Petenwell. There is a woodburning stove in...
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Dane County Poorhouse

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Dane County Poorhouse.
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Neighborhood House

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: View of the newly-equipped preschool room at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.

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