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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sleeping quarters at the State School for the Blind, with four single beds, a dresser, a chair, and a table. |
| Date: | 07 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Cyrus Philipp, Wisconsin Republican Party committeeman (and a Taft supporter) with fellow national convention delegate Harlen Kelley, the blind and handica... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Bill Henshaw, a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, at a Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstration during the Nixon Inauguration in 1973. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | E.T. Mix designed the original building of the National Soldiers Home in 1867. At the time the structure was dedicated on 28 September 1867, the wings had ... |
| Date: | 08 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Governor Rennebohm purchases the first viola from Walter Nettum, Stoughton, a member of the Iron Brigade Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.... |
| Date: | 03 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Erna Schweppe showing members of her Troop No. 6 at Washington Orthopedic school a proclamation by Governor Walter Kohler recognizing the 40th anniversary ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of officials and employees of the Wisconsin state administration, who made up Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk's "one-armed and one-legged" staff o... |
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| Description: | A drawing of the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at Milwaukee. National Soldiers Home is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 11 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lyall Scott, an epilepsy sufferer, and one of the leaders in lobbying for rights for people with epilepsy in the state of Wisconsin. |
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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... |
| Date: | 12 12 1958 |
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| Description: | A group attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Madison's new store, operated by handicapped people. Gathered in the doorway are Hazel Vivian, 1954 East Wa... |
| Date: | 04 27 1961 |
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| Description: | Members of the United Cerebral-Palsy Parents League meet monthly to exchange information and experiences. Pictured, from left to right: Alma Dambekaln, Jam... |
| Date: | 05 21 1961 |
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| Description: | The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church... |
| Date: | 08 1889 |
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| Description: | Formal outdoor group portrait of the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. They are posing while lined up on the front steps of the Milwaukee Armory building... |
| Date: | 05 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Thompson signs an official proclamation declaring May as national hearing month. Sitting on his knee is Jean Monteith, 4, of Richland Cente... |
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