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Mendota State Hospital Employees Honored

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Shown in center is Gustave Pasicka, who is being honored as he retires from serving as a hospital aid at Mendota State Hospital. With him, at left, are: Ja...
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Children's Ward

Date: 1920
Description: Light from a large window brightens the children's ward at Madison General Hospital. A nurse in cap and uniform stands in the left foreground. A young gi...
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Nurses from University Hospitals Appointed Lieutenants in Army Nurse Corps Reserve Unit

Date: 04 11 1960
Description: Three nurses from University Hospitals are appointed lieutenants in the Army Nurse Corps Reserve. Major Duane F. Alexander, unit adviser from the 44th Gene...
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Nurse's Scholarship

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Phyllis Harrington (right) of Arena, a second-year student nurse at St. Mary's, was awarded the Iowa county 40 and 8 chapter nursing scholarship. The prese...
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St. Mary's School of Nursing Class

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Fifty-two students at St. Mary's School of Nursing who received their nurses' caps in a ceremony at St. James Catholic Church.
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Red Cross 10 Year Service Award

Date: 04 17 1961
Description: Truax Field's Red Cross recognition tea featured a ten-year service pin given to Margaret Hoffman. Shown left to right: Col. Olin E. Gilbert, Truax Field ...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter...
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Fern L. Reinhardt

Date: 1937
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Fern L. Reinhardt. She is wearing her uniform, cap and eyeglasses, and a pin on the collar front displaying a cross, and ...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Members of St. Mary's hospital nursing staff watch as techniques to be used during emergencies are demonstrated during a two-day instructional program at t...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Three nurses demonstrating a rescue maneuver on a volunteer during a two-day instructional program on emergency procedures at St. Mary's hospital.
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Jerome A. Gumbinger, a member of the state fire prevention conference's planning committee, watches as two staff members demonstrate a technique for evacua...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Visiting Nurses is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It provides free instruction about caring for infants, skilled home-nursing and part-time nursing care...
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Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. Donates Blood at the UW

Date: 04 22 1955
Description: Walter Kohler Jr. lying on a cot, while two women, one in a nurse's uniform, stand beside him on the left. The nurse holds a glass bottle used to collect b...
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Participant in Nursing Program for Married Women

Date: 05 11 1965
Description: Donna Osness giving medication to Louise Yeazel, a patient at Madison General Hospital. One of a series of images about Donna, a mother of five children, w...
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Participants in Nursing Program for Married Women

Date: 05 11 1965
Description: Donna Osness, third from right, listens to a lecture with classmates. Right to left: Helen Nassen, Lois Schneckloth, Lodi; and Nancy Schindler, New Glarus;...
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American Legion Donation to Methodist Hospital

Date: 09 08 1965
Description: Ben Bergor presenting a check to Ann Geyer, director of nursing at Methodist hospital, that comes from the profits of the Kitty Wells show sponsored by the...
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Hospital Employes and Fair Share Boosters

Date: 10 01 1965
Description: Indoor portrait of Orvella Jones (standing), a practical nurse, and Vera Neff, a hospital secretary. They were both employees of the Veterans Administratio...
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Madison General Hospital Disaster Training Drill

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: During a practice disaster drill, medical teams are taking care of a room full of "casualties" at Madison General Hospital. In this drill about 40 student ...
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Madison General Hospital Disaster Training Drill

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: During a practice disaster drill, two firemen and a nurse are transferring a "casualty" on a stretcher at the main sorting area at Madison General Hospital...
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Madison General Hospital Disaster Training Drill

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: During a practice disaster drill, a nurse and a man are seen with a "casualty" on a stretcher at the Madison General Hospital emergency room. In this drill...

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