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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The multi-storied Orphans' Home in Wittenberg. Handwriting on front reads: "Orphans Home Wittenberg Wis". |
| Date: | 01 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Large crowd that filled the circuit courtroom of the Dane County Court House at a public hearing on proposed sites for the county home for the chronically ... |
| 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: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Three rows of beds on the third floor of the Dane County Home For The Aged. The room had only one exit leading to a wooden porch and a wooden fire escape. ... |
| Date: | 03 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Children in Foster Care. Henry and Ella Ellestad with "Sister," a 4 month old baby, their seventh foster child. |
| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the newly-equipped preschool room at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Staff members of the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, pose around a table for a group portrait. Seated, left to right: Louise Schleicher, as... |
| Date: | 10 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Sydney S. Miller, manager of the Madison Social Security Office, shares a 1950 government-issued booklet explaining a program to employers of household wor... |
| Date: | 12 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Leslie (Luella) Morris and Allen Zoeller check for children's names in the "Holiday Exchange," a filing system which serves as a clearing house for th... |
| Date: | 05 23 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of women of the Nakoma Welfare League gathered in the yard of the home of Mrs. E.J. (Hazel) Kallevang, 4130 Iroquois Drive, for the annual sp... |
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| Description: | Children outdoors on playground equipment, including a slide, at Bethany Orphan Home. |
| Date: | 12 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Residents of the Dane County Home for the Aged in Verona are pictured while receiving gifts and lunch at the Madison Association of Underwriters' annual Ch... |
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| Description: | A view of children, adults, and a tree on the lawn in front of the Home for Crippled Children. |
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| Description: | A view from across the front lawn of people gathered around the main building of Bethany Orphans' Home, built in 1898. A United States flag is on a pole on... |
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| Description: | A view from across the dirt path of Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, constructed in 1903. A fence surrounds the building which has tall windows. |
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| Description: | A composite photograph showing two images of Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home. The upper right photograph is a view of the children and adults at the dining ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of dishes on the dining room tables in Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Dining Room." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of the main hall of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Main Hall." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Male Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. The brick structure is lined with windows, and two adults walk past to the left of the h... |
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