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Wisconsin General Hospital Room

Date: 09 24 1936
Description: Wisconsin General Hospital room with bed, dresser, bedside stand with lamp, two chairs and a free-standing screen, 1300 University Avenue.
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Main Lounge at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the main lounge of the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view from across the room shows furniture, tables...
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Guest Dining Room at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the guest dining room of the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's.
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Bedroom at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of a bedroom at Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. A view from across the room shows a patient's bed, two chairs, ...
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Reception Room of Dannemora State Hospital

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Description: Interior of the reception room of Dannemora State Hospital, built in 1899 as a mental health facility. The view includes a large painting on the far wall n...
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Office at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior view of an office at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. Near the window on the left is a desk, in the center is a typew...
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Sitting Place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The view includes a table and two chairs, and opened double do...
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Sitting Room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior view of a sitting room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and a table, and a door with a fan w...
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Sitting Place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and tables, and decorative art lines the...
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Bedroom at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of a bedroom at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The view includes a bed, chairs, a dresser and a desk.
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Patients Dining at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of patients in formal dress gathering around a long table for dinner at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bisho...
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Patients Dining at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: A group of patients in formal dress gathering around tables for dinner at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded by Bishop Salpointe. Windows and a set of door...
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Patients Dining at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Patients pose around the dinner table at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe.
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Madison General Hospital Addition

Date: 07 14 1952
Description: Interior view of a private furnished room in the new addition to Madison General Hospital. 196 beds are being added to the hospital's capacity.
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Madison General Hospital Addition

Date: 06 14 1952
Description: Interior view of a furnished four-bed ward in the new addition to Madison General Hospital. One of the new features includes curtains that can be pulled ar...
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Haywood Family

Date: 02 15 1956
Description: Myrtle Haywood and her 6-month old son, Skip, posing for a happy picture after she recovered from cataract surgery, and the baby recovered from prickly hea...
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1994
Description: Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Because Chester Hartel, husband of the Wisconsin state president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority is a polio victim, the three chapters of the sorority in M...
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Dane County Medical Auxilliary Charter Members

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: These five charter members of the Dane County Medical auxiliary were special guests of honor at the organization's luncheon meeting. The women are Hilda Ew...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Four members of the present class (1959) attend a dinner given to honor Dr. Lester McGary; they include, from left: Carol Warner, Karen Larson, Carol Gleas...

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