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Algerian Red Crescent Worker

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker is examining a woman's face in a tent as another Algerian woman and her child are looking on.
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Portrait of Social Worker Helen Hilton

Date: 11 05 1965
Description: Portrait of social worker Helen Hilton, 1919 U.W. graduate, taken upon her retirement from the city welfare department. She had worked more than 40 years a...
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Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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Red Crescent Woman

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker is standing in the Red Crescent tent with a tube of medicine in her hands. She is wearing a flowered dress and...
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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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Husband-Wife Team Solicitors for the Red Feather Drive

Date: 10 11 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. David J. and Lucy Hall. He is chairman of the construction division and she is a block worker of the Red Feather Drive.
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Huelgista in Cambria

Date: 1969
Description: A Huelgusta (striker) against Fall River Canning Company with Obreros Unidos (United Workers), standing with a crowd. She is wearing round earrings, a blac...
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Red Crescent Worker Examines Patient

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) examining a young girl's teeth. The girl is wearing a patterned shawl and is reaching for the man's hat. Th...
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Worker on Carpet Loom

Date: 1970
Description: A woman is working on a tufting carpet loom. She is leaning into the loom which has a large number of individual strands of yarn on top, and gray material,...
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Mrs. Martha O'Malley with Son David O'Malley

Date: 01 02 1959
Description: Mrs. Helen O'Malley (83), Waunakee, discusses attending the Governor's Inaugural Ball at the State Capitol with her son, David. Mrs. O'Malley, a dedicated ...
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Alice Russell Hobbins Porter

Date: 1873
Description: Mrs. Robert B. (Alice Russell Hobbins) Porter posing for a waist-up formal portrait. She is wearing a light-colored lace dress with a lace headpiece. She i...

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