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Photograph

Samuel C.F. Hahnemann, M.D.

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite featuring a bust of Samuel C.F. Hahnemann (1755-1843), German physician. Hahnemann is credited as the founder of homeopathic medicine, as w...
Photograph

St. Mary's Hospital Chapel

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Description: Three alcoves are along a wall; main altar is in the center. Candles decorate the altar areas.
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Photograph

Trudeau Monument

Date: 1918
Description: A statue of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, a tuberculosis specialist, on the grounds of the Trudeau Sanitorium Historic District. Installed in 1918, the br...
Photograph

Main Entrance and Lobby at Saint Mary's Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the lobby at Saint Mary's Hospital, completed May 18, 1859 and designed by Anthony Bley. The view includes a statue of Mary and Jesus surrounde...
Photograph

The Fountain

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Description: View of a stone fountain with a light fixture, presumably for horses, on a curb in front of a "Clerk's Office" and a "Dentist." A horse's head is carved in...
Photograph

Saint Michael's Hospital

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Description: Exterior of Saint Michael's Hospital, founded in 1913 by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. A baby carriage stands near the bottom of the steps at the ho...
Photograph

Secretary Shalala

Date: 1994
Description: Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H...
Photograph

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Leonard

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Dr. Thomas A. Leonard has served as a visiting professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Vera Cruz in Mexico. Dr. and Mrs. Leonard visit ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Waupun, Wisconsin, City of Sculpture

Date: 2008
Description: This double sided map shows roads, railroads, biking trails, civil townships, parks, wildlife refuges, town halls, and hospitals. The region map covers par...
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital, Chapel

Date: 1901
Description: Gothic arches frame the intricately designed and decorated altar of the Sacred Heart chapel. Across the front of the high altar, from left to right, are st...
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital, Operating Room

Date: 1901
Description: View of the brightly lit, tiled floor operating room. Cast-iron furniture includes an operating table, with a slanted central opening for drainage of fluid...
Postcard

Mendota Hospital

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Description: The front lawn of Mendota Hospital. In the fountain is a statue of children under an umbrella, with flowers in planters on the edge of the circular wall ar...
Photograph

St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Crowning Ceremony

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Students of St. Mary's hospital School of Nursing held their annual May crowning ceremony by crowning the statue of the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flo...
Postcard

St. Joseph Hospital

Date: 02 13 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Wisconsin." Built of brick in the Neoclassical style. A statue is on the lawn in front of the entranc...

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