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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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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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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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Shriner Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm sitting with a young boy at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 West Dayton Street.
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Council for Mentally Retarded Children

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Officers of the Madison unit of the Wisconsin Council for Mentally Retarded Children, seated around a table. Left to right: Mrs. E.K. (Flora) Steul, public...
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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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Senator Edward Kennedy Visit

Date: 11 20 1963
Description: Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, chats with Betty Jane Martin, 6, who was representing Madison area mentally disabled children, as Gov. John Reynolds, right, lea...
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Governor Lucey Signs Chapter 115

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities as parents, children and others look on. Midge Miller stand...
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Wisconsin Chapter 115 Signing

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey visiting with children in the Governor's Office after signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities.

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