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Toto the Clown with Children

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U...
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Longfellow School Disabled Students

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: Disabled students with crutches, wheelchairs and other aids for locomotion holding a club meeting at Longfellow School in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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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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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in wheelchair.
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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in a wheelchair.
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Shriners Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ...
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Washington School Orthopedic Department

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: Richard Johns of Janesville puts the finishing touches on a painting while seated in a wheelchair at the orthopedic department at Washington School, 545 We...
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University League and Its Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 23 1951
Description: Two Junior Division University League members are shown with a trainee at the League's homecrafters' program at Truax Field. Seated at a weaving loom is t...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Matt Esser is learning how to weave under Mrs. Mina Dutton's direction. Mrs. Dutton is one of the instructors at the Wisconsin Homecraft Training center, ...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Harold W. Rucks, of Edgerton sits in a wheel chair while working at a table jig saw. Rucks, who had been severely crippled for 17 years with rheumatiod art...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas...
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One-Man Art Show

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Don Eastin, Dorothy Angevine, and Louise Brown looking at a piece of artwork held by artist John Bergman that will be displayed at the Wisconsin Neurologic...
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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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Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
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Anita Stewart Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Hilda Nordstrom (played by Anita Stewart) comforts an aged woman in a wheelchair, probably Mother Nordstrom, in a scene still from "The Yellow Typhoon."
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Miriam Cooper and Elmer Clifton in a scene still for "The Artist's Wife."

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for "The Artist's Wife," the young artist Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) kneels beside the wicker wheelchair of his model Jean (Miriam...
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Theresa Public School Bell Dedication

Date: 09 1995
Description: Theresa Public School's old school bell is dedicated on the grounds of the Theresa Historical Society. Society President John Bodden thanks members of Lomi...
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Stage Rehearsal

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Four members of the St. James Players rehearsing for their play, "Lo and Behold!" Shown in profile in the foreground looking at a script is the prompter Do...
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John Belushi on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: John Belushi performing a scene with Virginia Newcomb from the play Night Must Fall at UW-Whitewater. Newcomb is sitting in a wheelchair and Belushi...
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Shirley Clarke Directing "The Cool World"

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Description: Shirley Clarke directing a scene from "The Cool World" on a city sidewalk. Her back is to the camera, and she is standing giving directions to the camerama...

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