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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A large gathering of men and women stand outside the Odd Fellow's Home. There is a flagpole on the grounds with an American Flag among trees. People are po... |
| Date: | 11 10 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters. |
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| Description: | Several men with suitcases are sitting and standing along the road in front of the Soldiers Home. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel... |
| 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: | 07 30 1899 |
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| Description: | View across pond of Syl at Soldiers Home with aunt Helen standing on a landing near a boat and a flagpole. There is a large group of people gathered around... |
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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... |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Group of people line up for Hunger Task Force delivery. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Transportation is often a problem for the older population. The Council of Jewish Women has arranged a transportation group to take older Jewish persons to... |
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| Description: | Food conservation is demonstrated to a group outdoors at a community center. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Green Thumb was a project sponsored by the National Farmers Union to find jobs for the elderly people who were able to work. During his district tour Congr... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of a house in a residential neighborhood. A carport or porte-cochere is on the left of the front porch. Two women stand in the ya... |
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| Description: | A man stands in the entrance archway to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell. |
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| Description: | Group of men posing in two rows in a field. The men sitting and crouching in the front row are wearing folded down rubber boots. The men standing behind th... |
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