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Hospital Patient Watching Television

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: The installation of televisions in hospital rooms is a welcome addition to this patient at Misericordia Hospital.
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Toto the Clown with Children

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U...
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Fort Howard Hospital Parlor

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Description: View of a parlor built partially out of stone. A fireplace is on the back right wall, with a portrait hanging above it, and a spinning wheel near the left ...
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Hitching The Tractor To The Implement, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon is under the heading: "Hitching the Tractor to the Implement". The cartoon depicts a...
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Second Annual Picnic at Dane County Asylum Farm

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the staff and residents of the Dane County Asylum at the second annual picnic for the institution.
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Mendota State Hospital Dance

Date: 12 14 1952
Description: A circle of female patients and a nurse hold hands during a dance at Mendota State Hospital. John Birchall, a hospital recreation staff person, plays a dou...
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"The Men" Movie Still

Date: 1950
Description: Still from the 1950 United Artists film "The Men," featuring Marlon Brando (as Ken Wilocek) and Everett Sloane (as Dr. Brock). The typewritten caption ...
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 05 14 1956
Description: Monnetta Shippy standing next to an assistant device during her job as a practical nurse at University Hospitals. She is also one of the original members o...
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New Pediatric Unit at Madison General Hospital

Date: 05 28 1956
Description: Dr. Richard B. Anderson points to one of the figures in the murals he did for the new pediatric unit at Madison General Hospital. Others in the photograph ...
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Organ for Mendota Hospital

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Three men examine an electric organ placed upon a wheeled platform. The caption states, a new portable chord organ for patients at Mendota State Hospital a...
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Telephone Pioneers Aid Hospital Unit

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Southwest Wisconsin Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America, as their community service project, present a piano to the Children's Unit of University ...
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Middleton Scouts Make Blocks for Madison General Hospital

Date: 12 1960
Description: Scouts from Middleton Troop 40 sand wooden blocks to give to the pediatric section of Madison General Hospital. The wood was donated by Fish Lumber Co., Mi...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Several participants tell the early history of Mendota State Hospital at the centennial pageant. They are, left to right: Cecilia Shedleski, a nurse at the...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 22 1960
Description: Employees of Mendota State Hospital act out the history of the hospital in a centennial pageant. In this scene, the hospital board visits the newly-built h...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Employees dress in turn-of-the-century dresses for a scene in a centennial pageant depicting nursing at Mendota State Hospital. The costumes were from the ...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter...
Poster

"Dr. Knock" Film Poster

Date: 1951
Description: German film poster for the French film. Illustrated image of a male doctor looking over a male patient who is lying in bed.
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Magic Carpet Ride for Hospital Patients

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Patients at Madison General Hospital are taking imaginary trips to European counties via travel posters of England and Germany mounted on the walls of thei...
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"Inside the Cuckoo's Nest"

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Description: Two images from the documentary "Inside the Cuckoo's Nest" showing the similarities and differences in a security ward council meeting depicted in the film...
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Guests of the annual tea included, left to right, seated: Kathleen Ross, and Gladys Dean. Standing: Margaret Schmitz and Mary Lyons.

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