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Nurses

Date: 1900
Description: Eight nurses in uniform posing in front of a building (probably their workplace). Some of the women are holding a bedframe, pail, and a broom, and other it...
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Dr. Joseph Schneider, Famous Eye Surgeon

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Description: Dr. Joseph Schneider performs surgery on the eye of a man laying on a gurney, with assistance from a nun nurse and another man.
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Nurse Ada Straub

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Description: Studio portrait of nurse Ada Straub in her uniform. Ada Straub was a cousin of Mrs. Anton Nelson (the mother of Gaylord Nelson), who was also a nurse.
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First Aid Department at P&H Plant

Date: 1916
Description: The first aid department at a Pawling & Harnischfeger plant. A woman sitting at the desk working on the "daily report first aid room." On the left is a sin...
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Nurse Taking Patient's Temperature

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Description: A nurse, possibly a student nurse, looks at a thermometer after taking the temperature of a female patient laying in bed.
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Students Tour Hospital Delivery Room

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: Students wearing face masks and sterile gowns visit the delivery room at Doctors Hospital as part of a family living class. The student on the right who is...
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Student Nurse Susan Beckman

Date: 05 01 1971
Description: Susan Beckman, a student nurse at County General Hospital, carries a sign protesting the portrayal of nurses in a movie "The Student Nurses".
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Disease Immunization, 5th and Hadley

Date: 02 15 1935
Description: A man and a woman administer immunization shots to a line of children.
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Fern L. Reinhardt

Date: 1934
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Fern L. Reinhardt, smiling on the occasion of her graduation from Nurse's Training. She is wearing her uniform and cap wi...

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