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"Crippled" Children in Bus

Date: 12 27 1930
Description: Disabled children in Hillington bus going to a free show at the Capitol Theatre. The bus driver and another man are standing beside the bus.
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 11 1955
Description: David Lindl, Easter Seal boy, being carried to taxicab by driver, Mr. Coster.
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Governor Walter Kohler and Polio Victims

Date: 01 07 1953
Description: Governor Walter Kohler sits with 2 1/2 year old Deborah Foster and her mother Ruth Foster, both polio victims. Governor Kohler is proclaiming January as "M...
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David Lindl

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: David Lindl, who has muscular dystrophy, shown with a physical therapist. David is one of many handicapped persons who is helped by the sale of Easter Seal...
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Governor Goodland with Handicapped Children

Date: 04 15 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland seated with handicapped children, probably in a movie theater. A large cutout of Dopey, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is o...
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Roundy's Fun Fund for Crippled Children

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: Left to right: Rufus Wells, associated with Roundy's Fun Fund; Dr. L.E. Holmgren, president of the Dane County unit of the WAD (Wisconsin Association for t...
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"Roundy" Coughlin with Children

Date: 11 26 1945
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin shown with a group of children at Washington School as part of his charity fund raising for "Roundy's Fun Fund."
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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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March of Dimes Wheelchair Race

Date: 02 09 1948
Description: Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce south team, who took part in the "Race for Dimes" to raise money for the March of Dimes. Standing left to right: ...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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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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March of Dimes Wheelchair Race

Date: 01 28 1950
Description: Four-year-old Paul Rosen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. (Agnes) Rosen, 118 Jackson Street, is all smiles at the Junior Chamber of Commerce March of Dimes Whe...
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March of Dimes Wheelchair Race

Date: 01 28 1950
Description: The winner of the March of Dimes Wheelchair race, in a close contest, is five-year-old Danny Maffet, son of Mr. and Mrs. David (Elizabeth) Maffett, 102 Sou...
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Easter Seals to Help the Handicapped

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Description: Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist who lost his arm while serving during World War II, purchases Easter Seals from a handicapped girl. Allen was act...
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Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troops at the Washington Orthopedic School

Date: 12 04 1952
Description: Three Boy Scouts and seven Cub Scouts of the Washington Orthopedic School received awards in the advancement ceremonies held at the school. Tenderfoot rank...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown and their three children. Russell, right, is still fighting the effects of his paralysis from polio; he pins a Mother...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of Joyce and Norbert Plewke with their daughter, Pamela, who recently recovered from polio. Mrs. Plewke will participate in the upcoming Mot...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Cummings of Waunakee and their five children. The four older children put money in a contribution container for the Mothers' March...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 02 13 1959
Description: In 1958, Roundy's Fun Fund took in more than $9,600. The money is used to provide fun activities for handicapped children. Members of Roundy's Fun Fund com...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 01 08 1960
Description: Roundy's Fun Fund collected $10,362, breaking all records. Members of the Roundy's Fun Fund committee receiving the check from Roundy (Joseph L. Coughlin),...

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