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Public Health Physicians, Nurse, and Four Children

Date: 1926
Description: Four siblings await their physical examination. Three of the children are triplets. In the background are the public health nurse and examining physician.
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Sabin Oral Vaccine

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Description: A nurse gives children the sabin oral vaccine.
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Polio Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Child posing with polio vaccine bottles and boxes.
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Mrs. Steege and Two Children

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Description: Mrs. Steege, who drove 10 miles through the rain to have her children examined.
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Child Receiving Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Child receiving a shot, most likely the polio vaccine.
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North Hudson Infant Triplets

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Description: Jensen triplets at their North Hudson exam.
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Child Welfare Special Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health's vehicle the "Child Welfare Special".
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Bathing Baby in Tub

Date: 1937
Description: Dr. Hunter of the Wisconsin Board of Health bathes a baby in a tub of water.
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Nurse with Native Americans

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Description: A nurse poses on steps with a Native American mother and four children.
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Young Girl with Rickets

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Description: Annie Pagano of Marblehead, Wisconsin, diagnosed with rickets. She is of Italian nationality, aged 4 1/2 years. Nursed until 3 years old, then fed meat and...
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Two Nurses Outside Colby Health Center

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Description: Two nurses stand outside the Colby Health Center, a former dental office. This was the first county health center, in a village of 700 population.
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Physical Examination

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Description: A nurse or doctor gives an infant a physical examination at the Health Center as the baby's mother looks on.
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Baby with Nurse and Mother

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Description: A nurse undresses a baby in preparation for a physical examination as the fashionably-dressed mother looks on.
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Child Receiving Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Children in line for vaccine shot. The child in the foreground is being prepared for the injection, most likely the polio vaccine.
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnositc Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gay Ladies Mrs. H.C. Jackson (4014 Council Crest) holding a Butterick magazine, and Mrs. Walter Price (3825 Council Crest) (reflected in mirror)...
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Registration at the Health Center

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Description: Mothers with babies register at the Health Center. In the background chairs line the walls, and above them are posters on health.
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Health Class

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Description: A nurse points to charts while teaching maternal and infant health to a small class of mothers who have children on their laps.
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gray Lady Mrs. Robert A. Judd (1115 Edgehill Drive) playing ping-pong with two teenage boy patients at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center at 1552 Un...
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.

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