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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Baby in Diaper with Rickets
Portrait of Norine Durham, 1 year 3 months, child of Mrs. Alan Durham Humbird, undernourished with rickets.
Public Health Physicians, Nurse, and Four Children
1926
Four siblings await their physical examination. Three of the children are triplets. In the background are the public health nurse and examining physician.
Two Nurses Outside Colby Health Center
Two nurses stand outside the Colby Health Center, a former dental office. This was the first county health center, in a village of 700 population.
Nurse with Mothers and Babies
A nurse sits between two mothers with babies on their laps. They are discussing "individual problems of maternal and child health."
Baby with Nurse and Mother
A nurse undresses a baby in preparation for a physical examination as the fashionably-dressed mother looks on.