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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...
Photograph

Pureair Sanatorium

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

Dane County Asylum

Date: 09 06 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Dane County Asylum (or hospital) with people sitting on a bench in front.
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...
Postcard

Building No. 4, State Home

Date: 1910
Description: Building No. 4, then known as the Wisconsin House for the Feeble-Minded. Caption reads: "Building No. 4, State Home, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Photograph

Mt. Washington Sanatorium

Date: 
Description: Sanatorium (or Sanatarium) and front lawn.
Postcard

St. Mary's Sanitarium

Date: 1911
Description: Caption reads: "St. Mary's Spring Sanitarium, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

St. Mary's Spring Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: View of St. Mary's Spring Sanitarium, a rest resort with hot springs. In the 1920's, the sanitarium is listed in directories as St. Mary's Spring Academy f...
Postcard

Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the sanatorium. People are around a swing in the yard. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis."
Photograph

State Institute for the Blind

Date: 1915
Description: The State Institute for the Blind.
Drawing

Institution for the Education of the Blind

Date: 1876
Description: The Institution for the Education of the Blind.
Print

Institution for the Education of the Blind

Date: 1865
Description: The Institution for the Education of the Blind. Caption reads: "Institution for the Education of the Blind, Janesville, Wisc. Free to Blind Children of Wis...
Postcard

State Institute for the Blind

Date: 1870
Description: The State Institute for the Blind, a school free for blind children of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "State Institute for Blind, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Rock County Insane Asylum

Date: 1910
Description: View from road towards the insane asylum. Caption reads: "Rock County Insane Asylum, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Pennoyer Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home. The structure was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Cat...
Postcard

Pennoyer Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home. The structure was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Cat...
Photograph

Pennoyer Sanitarium

Date: 1910
Description: The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home. The structure was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Cat...
Photograph

Eli G. Runal Home

Date: 1900
Description: The house of Eli G. Runal, now part of the Willowbrook Sanatarium.
Photograph

County Asylum

Date: 
Description: View across grounds towards the County Asylum in Whitehall. Caption reads: "County Asylum, Whitehall, Wis."
Photograph

Marathon County Asylum

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Marathon County Asylum, with a dirt road leading to the main entrance.

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