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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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Nurse Weighing Baby

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Description: A nurse weighing a baby in a scale on the floor.
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Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane

Date: 1895
Description: Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane. In 1880 it became a part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide longer term care to peopl...
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
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St . Mary's Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Saint Mary's Hospital, 720 South Brooks St., completed in 1911.
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Madison General Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the original Madison General Hospital with the new wing, added in 1912(all demolished). Madison General Hospital merged with Methodist Hos...
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St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: St. Mary's Hospital, 720 South Brooks St., completed in 1911.
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Madison General Hospital

Date: 1918
Description: An exterior view of the new wing, added in 1912, to Madison General Hospital (all demolished). Madison General Hospital merged with Methodist Hospital and...
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Aerial View of Dane County Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking west. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen near the main building....
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Aerial View of Dane County Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking north. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen. It had been called t...
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Dane County Home

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Description: Front view of the Dane County Home. The facility was renamed the Badger Prairie Healthcare Center in 1985. As of October 2010, a brand new hospital at the ...
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Birthday Party

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Description: Seven residents of the Dane County Hospital and Home gather around a table to celebrate a birthday. A birthday cake sits on the table.
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Dane County Home Resident

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Description: A view down a hallway at the Dane County Hospital and Home, with the silhouette of a man in a wheelchair at the end.
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Lake View Sanitarium, where Lewis Arms's mother Mamie Arms Hall was treated for tuberculosis.
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...
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Mendota State Hospital

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Description: Elevated view from the south of the Mendota State Hospital. There are several horses in a paddock in the foreground.

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