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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 18... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of an empty University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy laboratory. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. A horse-drawn carriage is outside the entrance. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Six beds in the sleeping quarters of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The kitchen in the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Institutional cooking equipment and various supplies are visible. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the main building of the State School for the Deaf. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Auditorium at the State School for the Deaf; the stage is dressed with a 'nature' backdrop. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sleeping quarters at the State School for the Blind, with four single beds, a dresser, a chair, and a table. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Music recital room at the State School for the Blind with seven rows of seating, a piano and cello. Adorning the front wall is the Latin phrase "Lux Oritur... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Interior of the State School for the Blind, perhaps a study or room for recreation. Included in the room are several tables with small models, a piano, and... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Pharmacy supplies are displayed in shelves in an office at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane, lit by gas lamps hanging above the desk. (Mendota M... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A game room with chairs, a pool table, a rack for cue sticks, and a table with checker board and deck of cards is available for patients' recreation at the... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Freshly-baked loaves of bread are stacked on tables with bowls and trays of other food items in the large kitchen at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the I... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sinks, tubs, and cylindrical washing machines on pulleys make up the laundry facilities at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Heal... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A gathering of ministerial families at the parsonage of Jacob Aaall Ottesen (1825-1904). Pastor Ottesen, seated on the far left with Mrs. Cathinka Doderlei... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | A dirt road leads to Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) frame house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac. A family is under a tree near a wooden fence. On the right is... |
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