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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
| Date: | 03 19 1989 |
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| Description: | Children celebrating their heritage during Ethnic Pride Day at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Hall, 3022 West Wisconsin Avenue. The celebration, which highl... |
| Date: | 01 13 1965 |
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| Description: | Toddlers looking into the camera with tears in their eyes. They were found abandoned at the Central YWCA. |
| 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: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| 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: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Children hold signs that read "We Need A Place To Play" and "We Need a Street to Play On," which is related to the Newark Community Union Project. |
| 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: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Two-year-old "Jane" (not her real name), is one of the many foster children helped by the United Givers' Fund. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are... |
| 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: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Catholic Welfare Bureau is one of 29 United Givers agencies. This agency handles foster care and adoptions and provides counseling to unwed mothers and fam... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an image of a child wrapping her arms around woman's neck. Text on left reads: "150,000 Children under the age of 6 die every year from pr... |
| Date: | 05 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Foster mothers take homeless infants and children into their homes. Members of the Madison advisory board of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather ... |
| Date: | 05 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Gill, a member of the Madison Advisory Board of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather agency, is about to put a hat on one of the three foster... |
| Date: | 05 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Foster mothers take homeless infants and children into their homes. Members of the Madison advisory board of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather ... |
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