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National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee
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Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers by federal executive order on 1 March, 1873.
1876
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WHi 23678
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1870
Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground are disabled men, a dog, and a bird relaxing...
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1930
Looking southwest. The facility has since become part of the U.S. Veterans Administration Center at 5000 West National Avenue. Two paths and trees surround the building. Additional buildings are in...
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1916
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades following the Civil War. By 1888, some 2...
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1908
View across grounds toward the Company M Barracks, a two-story building with first and second floor porches. "Caption reads: "Company M Barracks, National Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wis."
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Near Milwaukee
1876
Map of home and land, with the roads, lakes, railroad, and buildings.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1887
Stereograph. From the northeast (contrary to photographer's description.) A large tree stands in the center of the image along the drive, with the home behind it.
