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James L. Clark, City Health Inspector
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James L. Clark, Madison city health inspector, shown pointing to a map of Madison marked with X's signifying places with rat infestation.
September 20, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Rat Extermination
September 30, 1947
James L. Clarke, city health inspector, placing a warning sign on a fence at the Shorewood dump after workers distributed poison bread bait in the dump.
Rat Extermination
September 30, 1947
James Capacio and John H. Endres, assistant to L.B. Kelly of the Solvit Chemical Company, distributing poison bread at the Shorewood dump in a rat extermination campaign.
Spreading Rat Poison in Dump
August 12, 1948
James L. Clarke (left) city health inspector, and Lewis B. Kelly (right) president of the Solvit Chemical Corp., are shown as they prepare to scatter the barium carbonate rat poison in the large tu...
Rat Trap Advertisement
October 31, 1951
A masked negative showing a rat trap, Kelly's "JUNIOR" RAT CAFETERIA, by the Solvit Chemical Company of Madison.
Dr. Marshall W. Meyer
November 5, 1947
Madison City Health Officer, Dr. Marshall W. Meyer, seated at a desk.
Doctors Examining Patient
May 19, 1947
Three doctors examining a patient for the Cancer Society.
