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Four Women Share a House

Date: 03 21 1955
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.
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Entering the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches...
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Group in front of General Store Counter

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Description: A general store counter at Weigands Bay. Two women are behind the counter, with boxes of cigars on display behind them. Other canned goods are on the shelv...
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Majorette with Baton

Date: 04 29 1963
Description: Rose Sorenson is waving her baton with one arm, while her other arm is in a sling.
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...
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University of Minnesota Football Team's Victory Over the Badgers

Date: 11 19 1960
Description: The University of Minnesota football team beat the University of Wisconsin Badgers 26-7. The victory gave the Minnesota Gophers a tie with Iowa for the Big...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen changes a wound dressing for patient Connie Taylor who is blind and recovering from a fall.
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Confined to Bed

Date: 08 28 1960
Description: An insurance executive carries on with work after he was hit by a car, dictating letters to his secretary from his hospital bed, with his leg in traction.
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Bertha Atkinson, Baron Brothers Department Store buyer, fits a bootie on Norma Widener, 11-months old, being held by her mother Valera Widener. In the fore...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visitng Nurse, Mrs. Helen Horehled, is assisting Mrs. Charles W. Swan. Mrs. Swan, age 82, is recuperating from a broken hip and is living with her son and ...
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Giese Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This barn is on the Gordon and Tammy Giese property at N7452 Hwy AY (Section 32). They are pictured with their children: Rebeckah, Jonathan Benjamin, Paul,...
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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field....
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National Hospital Week

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen visiting a patient at Madison General hospital after proclaiming the week as National Hospital Week. The nurse on the left is ...
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Policemen Recovering from Knife Wounds

Date: 12 05 1957
Description: A nun is handing a glass to a man in a bed. Another man — who has numerous stitches along the side of his face — is standing next to the bed. Caption reads...
Historical Essay

Reform of Military Hospitals

How One Woman Changed Wisconsin During the Civil War
Discover how Cordelia Harvey's mission to reform hospitals during the Civil War would change Wisconsin forever.
Historical Essay

Bad Axe, Battle of

Brief summation of the events pertaining to the concluding engagement of the Black Hawk War, The Battle of Bad Axe.

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