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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Howard Miner Receiving Poppy

Date: 09 20 1934
Description: Howard Miner, disabled World War I veteran, receiving Forget-me-not flower from Florence Palz, ladies auxiliary chairman, marking the opening of the forget...
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Handicraft Sales at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M...
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Art Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Female students practice painting and drawing in an art class session at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher assists in the background.
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Students in Gymnasium at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of group of female students posing with Indian clubs in a gymnasium at the State School for the Deaf.
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Heart Kitchen

Date: 09 17 1952
Description: Pauline Rehder working in the Heart Kitchen at Madison Vocational and Adult School. The Heart Kitchen, for women with heart disease, allows the cook to wo...
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Jeanne De Barr with Seeing Eye Dog

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jeanne De Barr with her seeing eye dog, Nellie.
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Girl Scouts Training at Washington Orthopedic School

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Dane County Unit of the Association for the Disabled training members of Girl Scout Troop No. 6 at the Washington Orthopedic School for Crippled Children, ...
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Bashford Methodist Church Party

Date: 12 15 1948
Description: Santa Claus distributing gifts to five youth in wheelchairs at a party at Bashford Methodist Church at 11 N. 7th Street.
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Elks Club Party

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Men and women seated around a banquet dinner table. Several people are sitting in wheelchairs, and there are crutches leaning against the wall. A group of ...
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Camp Wawbeek Hospital Drive

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) members Mrs. Marvin (Lucille) Bump and Mrs. Robert (Merrilyn) Wegner posing for a photograph with ...
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W. Jerome & Dora Higgins

Date: 11 27 1949
Description: W. Jerome & Dora Higgins celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a cake in their home at 316 Grand Avenue. Jerry Higgins is blind and runs the newsst...
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Mother with Special Needs Children

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Description: A mother arriving at the Health Center with her special needs children.
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Washington Orthopedic School Girl Scouts

Date: 03 07 1952
Description: Erna Schweppe showing members of her Troop No. 6 at Washington Orthopedic school a proclamation by Governor Walter Kohler recognizing the 40th anniversary ...
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United States General Hospital

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Description: View of Ward 15 of the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returning soldiers' physical recons...
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United States General Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returning soldiers' physical reconstructio...
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Blind Ph.D. Candidate with Hearing Test Equipment

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: "With her roommate Helen Blohm (right) playing the role of the subject, Mary Louise Lane (left) checks her hearing with an audiometer. Miss Lane, blind co-...
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Reading Braille

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Description: A woman in dark glasses, who is a resident of Dane County Hospital and Home, reads a book in Braille as her therapist looks on.
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Efficient Dishwashing

Date: 01 21 1953
Description: Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi...
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Recruiting Polio Emergency Volunteers

Date: 06 18 1953
Description: Jean Welsch uses the telephone to recruit volunteers for the Polio Emergency Volunteer training course. At her side is her son Bobby, age 3 1/2 years, who ...

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