Sherri Smith, of Portage, WI, holds a photo of her twin sons, Tony and Jesse as children. Tony Sparks died in 2005 at age 23 from an overdose of alcohol and methadone; his brother Jesse died from an apparent heroin overdose in 2016 at 34. John Hart/ Wisconsin State Journal Archives.
John Rosenow, owner of Rosenholm dairy farm in Cochrane WI, embraces Roberto Tecpile, a farm worker from Veracruz, Mexico, who has worked on his farm for over a decade. Rosenow’s farm participates in the Puentes/Bridges program, a nonprofit organization that arranges annual trips to Mexico to help foster better understanding and relationships between farmers and their workers. 2018. CAROLINE YANG PHOTOS// HUFFPOST
Children brought in from a nearby town to work in the sugar beet fields near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, for farmer Louis Startz. July 1915. Lewis W. Hine Collection // Library of Congress
Poster created by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association showing a Native-American man running. Includes the text "exercise for health" and "Christmas seals pay for our work."
Map detailing the number of influenza deaths per county in 1918. Data from the State Board of Health, Annual Report, 1919–1920, including the report for the Bureau of Vital Statistics for 1918–1919.
International Harvester Co/Industrial Health and Safety sign or poster informing factory workers of the symptoms and prevention of the flu or influenza.
A 1929 map created by the Swedish government displays the U.S. states that had implemented sterilization legislation, documenting the widespread use of eugenics-motivated sterilization in the United States during the Progressive Era.
By implying that the nation is stronger and more powerful if its people are healthy and well-fed, this poster fosters a sense of patriotism in supporting public health.
A toothpaste bottle painted with the words "fluoride kills" posted on a utility pole in La Crosse, WI.
Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society
