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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w... |
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| Description: | Jackson Street. On top of the building is a sign that reads: "Orphan Asylum". |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Dr. Francis E. Townsend seated on the platform of a Townsend Plan Club at a park. |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Poor Farm on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a large barn, silo, windmill, and the roof of a large building in the ba... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Winnebago County Asylum building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior rear view of the Winnebago County Asylum building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of front of a Winnebago County Asylum building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a Winnebago County Asylum building. |
| Date: | 05 23 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of women of the Nakoma Welfare League gathered in the yard of the home of Mrs. E.J. (Hazel) Kallevang, 4130 Iroquois Drive, for the annual sp... |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the staff and residents of the Dane County Asylum at the second annual picnic for the institution. |
| Date: | 03 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Dane County Home (also known as the "poor house" or "poor farm") is pictured as it is being torn down. It was built in 1855 and located o... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Transportation is often a problem for the older population. The Council of Jewish Women has arranged a transportation group to take older Jewish persons to... |
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| Description: | Food conservation is demonstrated to a group outdoors at a community center. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk of the Clay County welfare office. The caption on the back of the image reports that African-Americans who received welfare were treated... |
| Date: | 08 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe... |
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| Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou... |
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