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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Roland and Winnie Delamater, who were both seriously physically handicapped by cerebral palsy since birth, hanging up the wash in their basement. The coupl...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Roland and his daughter, Ronalee, age 4 1/2 years, work on a jigsaw puzzle. Roland and his wife Winnie, who were both seriously physically handicapped by c...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Winnie Delamater and her daughter Sandra, age 6, use carpet sweepers to clean in their home. Winnie and her husband Roland were both seriously physically h...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Winnie Delamater holds Jay Punwar, 15 months, for whom she is providing child care. A pet dog is sitting next to them. Winnie and her husband Roland were b...
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American Legion Birthday Party

Date: 03 1998
Description: "At the Legion's 79th Birthday Party, World War II veterans were honored. Commander Greg Krueger presents awards to Ralph Widmer, Navy; Bud Ruecker, Army A...
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Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker

Date: 04 1998
Description: "In ceremonies at Madison, Joe Widmer was named a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. His mentor was his uncle, Ralph Widmer."
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Sale of Christmas Seals Help Tuberculosis Patients

Date: 11 12 1957
Description: Physical therapist Robert Straelczyk gives a diathermy treatment for spinal arthritis to Swen Auestad, at Lake View Sanatorium, where Mr. Auestad is also a...
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Sale of Christmas Seals Help Tuberculosis Patients

Date: 11 12 1957
Description: Virgil Chadwick from Cuba City sits at his typewriter at Lake View Sanatorium where he is a tuberculosis patient. Mr. Chadwick is taking a writing course t...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Because Chester Hartel, husband of the Wisconsin state president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority is a polio victim, the three chapters of the sorority in M...
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Woman with Cane and Two Girls — Double Negative

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Description: On left: Woman posed sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. On right: Studio portrait of two young gi...
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Wisconsin Neurological Foundation Patient

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: Jackson Talmadge Durham, known as Jackie, admires his birthday presents along with his fellow students Mary Puccio, Charmaine Lohr, Louise Richardt and Nor...
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Store at 520 North Street Operated by Handicapped People

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: A group attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Madison's new store, operated by handicapped people. Gathered in the doorway are Hazel Vivian, 1954 East Wa...
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International 3600 Special Needs Bus with Thomas Built Vista Body

Date: 1993
Description: Color photo of a man and a woman assisting a girl on a wheelchair lift for a model 3600 Special Needs bus. The "International" emblem is on the front of th...
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Man Sitting on a Model T

Date: 1914
Description: View of a man, who is apparently blind in one eye, sitting on the running board of a Model T Ford touring automobile outdoors. A young girl is sitting in t...
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Learning Braille

Date: 03 1990
Description: Theresa Lions Club present Joey Bernhard, who is blind, a device to learn braille.
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Gifts For Neurological Patients

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f...
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United Cerebral-Palsy League

Date: 04 27 1961
Description: Members of the United Cerebral-Palsy Parents League meet monthly to exchange information and experiences. Pictured, from left to right: Alma Dambekaln, Jam...
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D.A.V. Presents Flag to Mt. Zion Church

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church...
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Oderboltz Residence; South Third and Pierce Streets

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American man posing sitting in a rocking chair and holding crutches. There is a girl posing standing on the left. Behind them is...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue study sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Gordon Mather, left, gives the s...

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