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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of a man sitting at a kitchen table adjusting his homemade telescope. His wife is washing dishes behind him. Open shelves on the wall dis... |
| Date: | 01 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi... |
| Date: | 11 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Stewardess Ruth Otto cleaning an apartment at 3160 East Washington Avenue which she shares with two other stewardesses. The photograph was taken to accompa... |
| Date: | 12 12 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Helen Young, housemother at the recently opened Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds. The building, located at 422 North Murray Street, ... |
| Date: | 03 21 1955 |
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| Description: | Pat Farrell, with a broken right leg, polishes silver while confined to the house she shares with three other young women at 2253 Rugby Row. |
| Date: | 07 07 1956 |
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| Description: | The featured kitchen utility room area at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nic J. Schmitz at 607 Farwell Drive is on the third annual benefit tour of the Attic Ang... |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Russell Mitchell and his wife, 411 W. Dean Avenue, discuss spring cleaning chores. He is on the ground beneath a window that she is leaning out of with a d... |
| Date: | 03 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Roland and Winnie Delamater, who were both seriously physically handicapped by cerebral palsy since birth, hanging up the wash in their basement. The coupl... |
| Date: | 03 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Winnie Delamater and her daughter Sandra, age 6, use carpet sweepers to clean in their home. Winnie and her husband Roland were both seriously physically h... |
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