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Rocking Newborns

Date: 1950
Description: Women feed and rock newborn babies in a neonatal hospital unit.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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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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Children's Orthopedic Hospital Play Room

Date: 09 18 1939
Description: Play room, showing tables and chairs and fireplace, in Children's Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
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Wisconsin General Hospital Interview of Patient

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: Patient being interviewed by nurse, at the State of Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue. For the State Medical Board of Health.
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Fort Howard Hospital Dining Room

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Description: View of a room with hardwood floors, with a wooden, four-seater table in the center of the room. A wooden, oval-shaped table is in the left foreground. Fiv...
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Fort Howard Hospital Parlor

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Description: View of a parlor built partially out of stone. A fireplace is on the back right wall, with a portrait hanging above it, and a spinning wheel near the left ...
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Tommy Manning

Date: 02 18 1953
Description: Joan Kain, speech therapist, helps Tommy Manning, age 3, who has cerebral palsy, learn to talk by showing him objects on a display board. It is part of hi...
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Therapy at Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Two young male patients and an occupational therapist doing an activity at the Wisconsin Orthodpedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
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Children at Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: A ward at the Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive, showing three children in cribs, and a small table with three toddlers seated in small chai...
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Madison Altrusa Club

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Madison Altrusa Club members inspecting a Madison General Hospital room which is maintained by the club. Left to right: Alfreda Fauerbach, 901 Jenifer Stre...
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Camp Wawbeek Hospital Drive

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) members Mrs. Marvin (Lucille) Bump and Mrs. Robert (Merrilyn) Wegner posing for a photograph with ...
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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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Library at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the library at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a table and chairs with a fireplace and...
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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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Room in Forest Lawn Sanatorium in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A room in Forest Lawn Sanatorium is lined on either side with windows and holds a table, end table, and several wicker chairs. Potted plants decorate the ...
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Forest Lawn Sanatorium Dining Room

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Description: Tables set with tablecloths, floral arrangements, and silverware stand in rows inside the dining room at Forest Sanatorium dining room.
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Children's Ward

Date: 1920
Description: Light from a large window brightens the children's ward at Madison General Hospital. A nurse in cap and uniform stands in the left foreground. A young gi...
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Blood Donors Keep Patient Alive

Date: 09 10 1959
Description: Tim Farrell and his mother, Mrs. Leslie Farrell, Pine Bluff, entertain "blood kin" Dr. Herbert Howe whose blood helped keep Tim alive during open heart sur...

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