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: | 09 17 1952 |
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Description: | The "heart kitchen," a new kitchen designed to show women with heart trouble how to cut their work in half, recently constructed in the Madison Vocational ... |
Date: | 06 22 1954 |
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Description: | Men from various organizations will guide the many phases of the July 25, 1954 soap box derby race. In the foreground is Wallace Wikoff, Derby director. |
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: | 03 31 1949 |
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Description: | Richard Johns of Janesville puts the finishing touches on a painting while seated in a wheelchair at the orthopedic department at Washington School, 545 We... |
Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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Description: | W. Jerome & Dora Higgins celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a cake in their home at 316 Grand Avenue. Jerry Higgins is blind and runs the newsst... |
Date: | 02 13 1951 |
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Description: | Henry Naumann and Mrs. Julia Bennett pose for a portrait while wearing costumes at the Older Adult Klub masquerade ball. The event was held at the Madison ... |
Date: | 06 18 1953 |
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Description: | Jean Welsch uses the telephone to recruit volunteers for the Polio Emergency Volunteer training course. At her side is her son Bobby, age 3 1/2 years, who ... |
Date: | 09 22 1953 |
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Description: | Two new teachers for the deaf, Eleanore Kerski and Margerate Doering, work with two pupils, Joy Anne Rasmus and Sandra Ritter. They are looking into a larg... |
Date: | 03 15 1954 |
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Description: | Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni... |
Date: | 04 07 1954 |
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Description: | Mrs. S.B. (Cecile) Schein, one of Madison's most outstanding women leaders in Jewish activities, was honored at a meeting of the B'nai B'rith Women at the ... |
Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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Description: | Employment of older adults is one of the topics of discussion at the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population. 76 year old James Jordan works on ... |
Date: | 01 24 1957 |
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Description: | Women assist with arrangements for the spring fair presented by the Dane County Homecrafters (adult handicapped persons). Seated left to right: Mina Dutton... |
Date: | 11 12 1957 |
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Description: | Physical therapist Robert Straelczyk gives a diathermy treatment for spinal arthritis to Swen Auestad, at Lake View Sanatorium, where Mr. Auestad is also a... |
Date: | 10 11 1957 |
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Description: | Three women attend an event to display Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary projects. They are, from left, Mrs. A.P. Schoenenberger, auxiliary pre... |
Date: | 07 28 1959 |
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Description: | An Illinois couple, unaware of Madison's pedestrian safety laws, were seriously injured by a car while jaywalking across East Washington Avenue. Police and... |
Date: | 11 15 1954 |
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Description: | Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue study sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers club. Chatting through sign language are, le... |
Date: | 02 19 1953 |
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Description: | Mrs. Henry Hetland with a grapefruit plant that she grew from seeds, and a squash that grew from a vine she planted outside her home. She has observed that... |
Date: | 08 07 1945 |
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Description: | State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport, with two automobiles and road signs that read: "County Highway M, Middleton 7 miles"; "State Hi... |
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.... |
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