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Charley Londek and Visitors

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of Charley Londek and visitors in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Londek formerly worked at International Harvester's Deering Works and is...
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Nettie Fowler McCormick Holding Baby

Date: 1922
Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) holding her infant great-niece, Nancy Fowler Merle-Smith (b. 1921). Nettie is sitting in a wheelchair on a path, with s...
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Kotex Magazine Advertisement

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Description: Magazine advertisement for Kotex sanitary pads featuring an illustration of a man in a wheelchair with two nurses, and a woman sitting in the grass.
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Gainesville 8

Date: 1973
Description: The Gainesville 8, all members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Vietnam, photographed on the day of their arraignment on charges of conspiring to...
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Dr. Locke Treating Patients

Date: 1935
Description: Dr. Mahlon William Locke treating arthritis sufferers on the street in Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada. Many people have gathered to watch or to receive trea...
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St. John's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the largest ward in St. John's Hospital, started in 1952. Nurses and doctors are standing by patients. One of the patients is sitting next to a...
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St. John's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the sun parlor of the childrens' ward at St. John's Hospital, started in 1952. A nurse sits between two children in wheelchairs.
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The Philadelphia Home for Incurables

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables, established in 1877. Nurses stand near a group of patients sitting outdoors under trees, w...
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Sauk County Civil War Veterans

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of Sauk County veterans posed outdoors.
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Dane County Home Resident

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Description: A view down a hallway at the Dane County Hospital and Home, with the silhouette of a man in a wheelchair at the end.
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Union Members Group Portrait

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Description: Group portrait in front of a large stone building with arches of members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 holding giant pennie...
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Union Members Marching

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Description: Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 march across a plaza in protest. Some are carrying signs shaped like giant pennies. Disab...
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Mimi Gibson

Date: 02 05 1960
Description: Mimi Gibson is seen in a wheelchair on the set of the television show Men Into Space. Her character's name is Jenny.
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Wilbur J. Cohen at His Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen receives comments from a woman in a wheelchair after his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among his responsibilit...
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Visiting in a Hospital

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Description: Two women in a hospital corridor. The woman on the left is sitting in a wheelchair reading a book, with one of her feet in a "boot." She is wearing a hospi...
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino with two men on the set of her 1949 film "Never Fear." All three are in wheelchairs.
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair on the outdoor set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is resting her bandaged foot on a megaphone.
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting next to unknown man while making the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is speaking into a megaphone and has papers, most likely a scr...
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Ida Lupino

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Description: Director Ida Lupino is sitting in a wheelchair on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear" with her right foot in a cast; her foot is propped up on a block. A...

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