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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Exterior View of a Winnebago County Asylum Building

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of front of a Winnebago County Asylum building.
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Exterior View of a Winnebago County Asylum Building

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of a Winnebago County Asylum building.
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Second Annual Picnic at Dane County Asylum Farm

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the staff and residents of the Dane County Asylum at the second annual picnic for the institution.

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