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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane
1907
Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane, in existence since 1845. In 1880 it became part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide longer term care to people who were dischar...
Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane
1895
Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane. In 1880 it became a part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide longer term care to people who were discharged from the state hospi...
Dane County Home for the Aged
1901
Exterior view of the Dane County Home for the Aged.
County Asylum
View across grounds towards the County Asylum in Whitehall. Caption reads: "County Asylum, Whitehall, Wis."
Dane County Asylum near Verona
1911
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 second floor. Three people are on the lawn ...
Aerial View of Dane County Hospital
1960
Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking north. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen. It had been called the Dane County Asylum for the Criminally In...
