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Medical Tent

Date: 1910
Description: Medical tent with what appears to be a patient in a bed, and doctor standing near a medical cabinet. The photograph is part of an album devoted to Internat...
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Factory Infirmary

Date: 03 03 1920
Description: Nurse wrapping the injured arm of a worker in the doctor's office of an International Harvester factory, most likely Osborne Works.
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Nurse Bandaging Worker's Arm

Date: 10 12 1914
Description: View of a nurse applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester factory (possibly Osborne Works in Auburn, NY).
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Medical Office at Auburn Works

Date: 1912
Description: Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works")....
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Artificial Lung Machine

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Artificial lung machine constructed by Wisconsin General Hospital mechanic James S. Hipple. This was the first artificial respirator/oxygen chamber in Madi...
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Nurse Standing Beside Tray of Instruments

Date: 06 1919
Description: Nurse standing beside a tray of medical instruments in a medical office at one of International Harvester's factories. The nurse is dressed in a white unif...
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Ohio Chemical Salesmen

Date: 09 03 1950
Description: Group portrait of 22 salesmen for Ohio Chemical & Surgical Company sitting and standing around a table in the basement of old Fuller & Johnson building, 52...
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Ohio Chemical Bowlers

Date: 10 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of Ohio Chemical & Surgical Company Airco Association bowlers at Bowl-a-Vard bowling alley, 2909 East Washington Avenue.
Poster

"First Aid Rooms" Factory Safety Poster

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing six first aid rooms at six different International Harvester factory and office locations: Champion Works, Akron Works Dispen...
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First Aid Treatment at Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Doctor applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. On the left is a table with a stethoscope and medi...
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Ambulance Interior

Date: 1949
Description: Interior view of an International KB-2 panel truck converted into an ambulance. The original caption reads: "These trucks equipped with Baumgardner cots, o...
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International Ambulance

Date: 1949
Description: Rear view of an International KB-2 panel truck converted into an ambulance. The rear doors are open, allowing a view of the collapsible bed inside. The ori...
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Close-up of a polio resistance exerciser. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is shown receiving "treatment" on the machine given by Frank Lam of...
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Transport of an Iron Lung

Date: 1950
Description: Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio.
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Medical Office at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: A doctor(?) and a young man standing in a factory medical office or first aid station, most likely at McCormick Works. Pails and jugs are on the floor, and...
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Employees Being Treated in Infirmary at McCormick Works

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Description: Employees being treated in an infirmary.
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Boy Being Treated in Infirmary

Date: 1910
Description: A man wearing an apron is standing on the left near a sink while treating a boy's arm. Another man, also wearing an apron, is standing near an open doorway...
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Precious Sight

Date: 09 1952
Description: A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab.
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Medical Treatment Room at McCormick Works

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Description: Interior view of doctors treatment room. A man is sitting at a desk with his back to the camera on the left man. In the middle of the room one man is treat...
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Dental Treatment Room at McCormick Works

Date: 04 26 1919
Description: A man is being treated by another man in the Dental Treatment Room. There is a telephone on a desk on the left.

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