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Rock County Insane Asylum

Date: 1910
Description: View from road towards the insane asylum. Caption reads: "Rock County Insane Asylum, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Grant County Asylum

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Description: View across lawn towards the Grant County Asylum.
Postcard

Resthaven

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Resthaven, a sanitarium. Caption reads: "Resthaven, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

River Pines Sanatorium

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Description: Exterior view of River Pines Sanatorium.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

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

Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: View of Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. "The grounds where this sanitarium stands was the site of Gen. Taylor's headquarters at Fort Crawford in 1832. It was ...
Postcard

View of Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Praire du Chien Sanitarium. Caption reads: "Sanitarium, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
Postcard

Lakeside Sanitarium

Date: 1910
Description: Lakeside Sanitarium located on Washington Street. Caption reads: "Lakeside Sanitarium, Oshkosh, Wis."
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."
Photograph

Shore Road Hospital

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Description: View across road toward the Shore Road Hospital. A gate stands at the edge of the property at the sidewalk and leads to stairs and the entrance of the hosp...
Photograph

The Philadelphia Home for Incurables

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables, established in 1877. Nurses stand near a group of patients sitting outdoors under trees, w...
Photograph

River Pine Sanitarium

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Description: Exterior of River Pine Sanitarium, which opened in 1906. The sidewalk leads from a dirt road to a set of stairs. Caption reads: "River Pine Sanitarium, Ste...
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 ...
Photograph

Parker Hospital

Date: 1922
Description: View of Parker Hospital from the walkway. Leaves cover the lawn. There is a lawn swing in the yard.
Postcard

St. Joseph Hospital

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Description: Exterior view of the front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick St. Joseph Hospital.
Postcard

Ashland General Hospital

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Description: Exterior view of the building and grounds of the Ashland General Hospital.
Print

Riverside Sanitarium Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Riverside Sanitarium of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a view of the grounds, including three sanitarium buildings, and rows of trees in the ...
Postcard

Midelfart Clinic Building

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Description: Colorized postcard view of a four-story, red stone building, with arched windows and steps leading to the entrance. Caption reads: "Midelfart Clinic Buildi...
Postcard

Bellin Hospital

Date: 1956
Description: Color reproduction of a four-story brick hospital with cars parked at the curbs. A fire hydrant is on the corner.

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