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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...
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Asylum

Date: 1907
Description: View towards a group of people standing on the grounds in front of the asylum. There are bars on the windows and fire escapes on both ends of the building....
Postcard

Gymnasium, Milwaukee Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Gymnasium, Milwaukee Sanitarium, Wauwatosa, Wis." A brick gymnasium at the Milwaukee Sanitarium, a privately held institution for the...

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