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Pureair Sanatorium

Date: 1920
Description: Pureair Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Photograph

Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Exterior of Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The view shows a two-story rotunda on the right, and two other buildings of the s...
Photograph

Infirmary at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of the infirmary at Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. The small, two-story, wooden house features a balcony and porch.
Photograph

Saint Michael's Hospital

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Description: Exterior of Saint Michael's Hospital, founded in 1913 by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. A baby carriage stands near the bottom of the steps at the ho...
Postcard

Memorial Hospital

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Memorial Hospital. Text at top left reads: "Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Wis."
Postcard

The Commodore

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Description: View across water towards the large building on the shoreline of the lake. Text on reverse reads: "The Commodore on Lake Mendota at 3100 Lake Mendota Drive...
Postcard

Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Waukesha Springs Sanitarium, Waukesha, Wis." The sanitarium was constructed in 1903 as a large resort/hospital facility by Dr. Byron ...

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