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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
Photograph

Busy Pharmacy Scene

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter.
Postcard

Madison City Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View of City Hospital, which became known as Madison General Hospital and is now Meriter Hospital. It was designed by Madison architects Louis W. Claude an...
Photograph

Madison General Hospital Entrance

Date: 09 25 1946
Description: Madison General Hospital main entrance, 925 Mound Street.
Photograph

Northern Hospital for the Insane Exterior

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane.
Photograph

Front View of Northern Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1893
Description: Front view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. A horse-drawn carriage is outside the entrance.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1860
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane designed by Stephen V. Shipman (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Photograph

Pureair Sanatorium

Date: 1920
Description: Pureair Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Drawing

Hospital Sketch

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Description: "Hospital and (indecipherable) during the last days battle at Fort Donelson on the Tennessee." Building with people and several trees.
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

Date: 
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

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

Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with parked cars and small businesses.
Photograph

Saint Joseph's Hospital

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of exterior of Saint Joseph's Hospital. The three-story building has a cross on the roof over the entrance.
Photograph

Beloit Hospital

Date: 
Description: View of the Beloit Hospital from an intersection. There are people sitting on a second floor balcony in a building on the corner. A person is riding a bicy...
Photograph

Business Block

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards a row of brick buildings. On the left corner is a building with a sign on the roof that says "W. Welsh." The entrance has a balcon...
Photograph

Shullsburg Street Scene Looking East

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of street in a commercial business district. A bakery, a doctor's office and a grocery are on the left. The Opera House, another doctor's ...
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Dane County Asylum near Verona

Date: 1911
Description: View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s...

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