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Photograph

Entering the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches...
Photograph

Lake View Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Five men are working on the heat tunnel construction for the Lake View TB sanatorium. 1202 Northport Drive.
Photograph

Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 07 10 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
Photograph

Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 09 14 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Crane at construction site. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Photograph

Taylor Orphan Asylum

Date: 1890
Description: The Taylor Orphan Asylum, view from the rear. Children are playing on the lawn in front.
Photograph

Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...
Postcard

Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. Established in 1903, it became a general hospital in the 1930s. A group of people are posing on the lawn ...
Photograph

Waldheim Sanatorium

Date: 1910
Description: Waldheim Sanatorium, front view, with a woman sitting on the front porch steps.
Postcard

Old Ladies Home

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Old Ladies Home. Women are sitting on the porch. Caption reads: "Old Ladies Home, Oshkosh, Wis."
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
Print

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1867
Description: E.T. Mix designed the original building of the National Soldiers Home in 1867. At the time the structure was dedicated on 28 September 1867, the wings had ...
Photograph

Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
Photograph

Hope Health and Rehabilitation

Date: 08 08 2008
Description: "(Note all eights) After having hip replacement surgery, Shirley Widmer is shown with her little friend Ginger, at Hope Health and Rehab, 475 Grove Street ...
Manuscript

Griggs Album: Kindergarten Goes to Vilas Park

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children posing in the back of an open truck wagon in front of the Neighborhood House Infant Welfare Clinic. The wagon is marked "Frautschi". This is the f...
Photograph

Flag Presentation

Date: 1989
Description: At the dedication of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield facilty, Congressman David R. Obey was present to present a flag that had flown over the United States Capi...
Postcard

The Sanatorium

Date: 
Description: View towards the sanatorium.. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "No view can give any adequate idea of the magnificent s...
Photograph

Kenosha Water Cure

Date: 08 1975
Description: Stereograph of the Kenosha Water Cure on the corner of N. Main and Grand Avenue. Several men and women are strolling on the grounds, and two people are sit...
Postcard

Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Waukesha Springs Sanitarium, Waukesha, Wis." The sanitarium was constructed in 1903 as a large resort/hospital facility by Dr. Byron ...

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