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St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1911
Description: End of wing on left is circular. Trees are in front of hospital in a small park area.
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: End of wing on left is circular. Trees are in front of hospital in a small park area. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee."
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of hospital with trees and paths in a large area in front. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee."
Photograph

Aerial View of St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1966
Description: St. Mary's Hospital and surrounding area. In the bottom left corner is the water tower.
Photograph

Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture in a Revolutionary Dive Suit

Date: 1937
Description: John Craig, Max Gene Nohl (seated in the dive suit), Dr. Edgar End and a fourth unknown person looking in. The location is the Milwaukee County Emergency H...
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Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture

Date: 1936
Description: Dr. Edgar End, Max Gene Nohl and John Craig (the "human guinea pigs") are shown inside the decompression chamber located at the Milwaukee County Emergency ...
Photograph

John Welton Fisher

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Welton Fisher, Milwaukee medical director.
Photograph

Students Tour Hospital Delivery Room

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: Students wearing face masks and sterile gowns visit the delivery room at Doctors Hospital as part of a family living class. The student on the right who is...
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Map of the City of Milwaukee : Showing Completed Sewers, Water Pipes Thus Far Laid, the Altitude of Different Regions of the City and the Location of Every Case of Small Pox, Diptheria [i.e. Diphtheria] & Scarlet Fever

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows asylums, cemeteries, hospitals, parks, streets, and wards. Relief is shown by contours. Also included are manuscript annotations in pencil. ...
Photograph

Layton Home for Incurables

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Layton Home for Incurables (also called Layton Home for Invalids). The home was suggested by Frederick Layton's wife, Elizab...
Photograph

Patrick Lucey Visiting a Sick Boy

Date: 12 22 1971
Description: Governor Patrick J. Lucey sitting on a hospital bed holding something in his hands. A young boy, Douglas Huete, is sitting on the bed wearing a hospital go...
Photograph

A Mystery was Solved

Date: 01 30 1963
Description: A small child is laying in a bed and staring intently. A breathing tube is taped to her nose, and an adhesive bandage is on her forehead. Next to her is a ...
Photograph

A Wandering Boy

Date: 03 08 1958
Description: A boy is smiling and sitting up in a bed. He has one hand on a bedside table. On the table is a tray with a bowl of cereal, a mug, a glass, and a plate wit...
Photograph

Philip in Bed

Date: 1924
Description: Philip George Brumder, son of Herbert Paul and Margaret Bouer Brumder, resting in a hospital crib holding a stuffed dog and a doll. His cheeks are swollen....
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Policemen Recovering from Knife Wounds

Date: 12 05 1957
Description: A nun is handing a glass to a man in a bed. Another man — who has numerous stitches along the side of his face — is standing next to the bed. Caption reads...
Photograph

Probable 20 Megaton Blast Pattern at Milwaukee

Date: 1960
Description: Map showing the probable blast radius of a 20 megaton bomb on Milwaukee. The map also shows existing hospitals in the area, including outside Milwaukee Cou...

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