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Mobile X-Ray Machine
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Bus containing mobile x-ray machine with sign, "Wisconsin State Board of Health, Tuberculosis Survey." A male technician is standing beside the bus. The bus is parked at the Oregon School for Girls.
August 13, 1941
Waste, Elwin G., 1902-1957
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WHi 13924
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Mobile X-ray Machine
August 13, 1941
School bus interior with a mobile x-ray machine. A male technician stands by while another man stands in front of the diagnostic unit.
Mobile X-Ray Trailer
1945
Wisconsin State Board of Health Division of Tuberculosis X-Ray survey bus and trailer.
Mobile X-Ray Trailer
1945
Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing in front.
Mobile X-Ray Trailer
1945
Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing.
Ray-O-Vac Flashlight Display
February 28, 1941
Display of six Ray-O-Vac flashlights and batteries.
Tuberculosis Bus
1945
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 virtual eradication of TB.
