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First Aid Demonstration
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Red Cross first aid class of State government employees in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly parlor practicing bandaging - standing l to r: E.C. Giessel, Budget Bureau; Margaret Miller, instructor; W.C. Graham, Highway Commission; Catherine Collins, Tax Commission; Esther Schadde, instructor, Board of Health; G.M. Mathews, Banking Commission; and Marion Poole, instructor, Highway Commission. The victims are Audrey Hett (left) Bureau of Personnel and Ruth Heise, Board of Health.
April 9, 1942
Stein, George H., 1913-2004
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