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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Mabel Lewis reading to Billy McCord, patient.
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Migrant Worker Housing

Date: 1969
Description: A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ...
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Madison UFW Benefit at People's Park

Date: 1969
Description: A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th...
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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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Travelers' Aid Helps Young Man

Date: 04 1960
Description: When this young man arrived in Madison for a spring vacation visit and no one met him at the bus station, Travelers' Aid stepped in to help. Travelers' Aid...
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Bancroft Obreros Unidos Strikers

Date: 08 24 1967
Description: Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the S...
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Union Supporters Cheering at Waushara Rally

Date: 1966
Description: A group of National Farm Workers Association members and supporters applauding rally speakers in front of Waushara County Courthouse. A march to the rally ...
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Pre-March Rally at Waushara County Courthouse

Date: 1966
Description: A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co...

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