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Downtown Businesses on Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of several downtown businesses, including a drugstore advertising "Patent Medicines and Cigars".
Photograph

Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure in Milwuakee

Date: 1885
Description: The Milwaukee Thermo Therapae building at Fourth and Sycamore Streets. It was also known as Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure.
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital in Madison

Date: 1915
Description: St. Mary's Hospital soon after its completion in 1911. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital."
Postcard

Madison City Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View of City Hospital, which became known as Madison General Hospital and is now Meriter Hospital. It was designed by Madison architects Louis W. Claude an...
Map or Atlas

Sheboygan, Wis. Population 18000

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye view of Sheboygan on an advertisement for Kempf's Magical Salve, distributed by E.J. Kempf, "Legitimate Bill Poster and Distributor."
Drawing

National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volun...
Postcard

St. Agnes' Hospital

Date: 
Description: Exterior, south side view of St. Agnes' Hospital.
Print

Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: The Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
Photograph

Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
Photograph

Dodd's Hospital

Date: 
Description: Training school for nurses.
Postcard

St. Joseph's Hospital

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Hospital, Ashland, Wis." Front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick hospital built in 1905. The basement level is b...
Photograph

Pureair Sanatorium

Date: 1920
Description: Pureair Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Photograph

Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane

Date: 1907
Description: 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 l...
Photograph

Brillion News Building

Date: 1900
Description: View from street towards the Brillion News building. A man and two women are posed in the doorway at the corner of the building.
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1915
Description: Front view of St. Mary's hospital.
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: Lawn, trees and blooming flowers in front of St. Mary's Hospital. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus, Wis."
Photograph

Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1860
Description: Engraved print of the institute. The building has dome, and at the top is a wind vane. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf & Dumb."
Photograph

Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
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...
Postcard

Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main building, with a lightpost in the foreground. A sign on the building reads: "Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf & Dumb." Caption reads: "...
Photograph

School for the Deaf

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school...

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