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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: | 11 10 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr... |
| 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: | 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: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Group of people line up for Hunger Task Force delivery. |
| 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: | 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... |
| 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: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer standing in front of the Social Security Administration Headquarters. In 1973 the building was renamed the Altmeyer Building in his hono... |
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| Description: | Group of men posing in a field. There are two trucks parked behind the group, and axes are propped up in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Five men from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Petenwell stand together and smile for the camera. They are posed in front of a truck which is parked ne... |
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| Description: | Group of men posing in two rows in a field. The men sitting and crouching in the front row are wearing folded down rubber boots. The men standing behind th... |
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| Description: | View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men working in a field. On a rough road are three trucks. Two of the trucks have large groups of men in them. ... |
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| Description: | A driver sitting in the driver's seat is talking on the car radio while awaiting passengers for the Women's Transit Authority. The WTA was a sexual assault... |
| Date: | 05 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Baby beds, teeter babes, doll buggies, playpens and other equipment are donated by members of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather agency, for the... |
| Date: | 10 28 1965 |
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| Description: | View of the new Neighborhood House at 29 S. Mills Street taken from the intersection of S. Mills and Milton Streets. It was dedicated Oct. 31, 1965. The ... |
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