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Woman in Wheelchair Bowling

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: Woman sitting in a wheelchair bowling.
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WKOW-TV Telethon

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Fourteen men and women (one in a wheelchair) sitting around a dining table in a restaurant (Hoffman House?) as part of the WKOW-TV telethon (?).
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You Can't Keep Veterinarian Down on Farm

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Mrs. Helen Cole has veterinarian Dr. R.H. Romaker exam her Pekingese cat at the Romaker Animal Hospital at 830 East Broadway Road.
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten (in dark glasses) is holding onto a guide rail with his left hand while holding a bowling ball in hi right hand as he accepts assistance from L...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Jim Sletten, operator of the cigar stand in the State Office Building, fires the heavy ball down the alley. He has 163 games to his credit. He is one of ab...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: David Buege is placing a bowling ball into the hands of his wife, Hazel Buege, who is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 1955
Description: Hazel Buege is holding onto a rail with her left hand, and releasing a bowling ball with her right hand towards standing bowling pins. She is one of about ...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Jean Jackson releasing a bowling ball at a gathering of blind bowlers at Playdium Alleys. She is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who ga...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Ruby Graf and Della Killerlain posing with a bowling ball. They are two of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Pl...
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Blind Bowlers

Date: 01 29 1955
Description: Mildred Finney releases a bowling ball. She is one of about fifteen visually impaired participants who gather weekly on Tuesdays at Playdium Alleys, locate...
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Penalty for Those Who Pose as Deaf

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Rev. Herbert Drachenberg, right, pastor of the Madison Silent Lutheran Church, 1909 Huxley St., uses sign language to relay a question from members of the ...

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