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| Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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| Description: | A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother." |
| Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in... |
| Date: | 10 17 1968 |
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| Description: | An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Dane County Home for the Aged. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Dane County Poorhouse. |
| Date: | 11 10 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The house of Eli G. Runal, now part of the Willowbrook Sanatarium. |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Three rows of beds on the third floor of the Dane County Home For The Aged. The room had only one exit leading to a wooden porch and a wooden fire escape. ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from driveway of exterior of the Winnebago County Asylum. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Poor Farm on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a large barn, silo, windmill, and the roof of a large building in the ba... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from road of a building located on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. Standing on a sidewalk in front is a man leaning on a cane. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait outdoors of the administrative and nursing staff of the Winnebago County Asylum. Pictured in the center back row is E.E. Manuel, the Superin... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Winnebago County Asylum staff members sitting on steps, including the Superintendent, E.E. Manuel, seated in the back row, far right. Geo... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Dining room table illuminated by sunlight from a nearby window, located at the Winnebago County Asylum. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Dining hall at the Winnebago County Asylum. There are many chairs at tables set with tableware. Two large windows and a doorway are on the far wall, and li... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Dining hall at the Winnebago County Asylum. In the foreground are spindle chairs pushed up against long tables set with tableware. Light fixtures are hangi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined driveway on the Winnebago County Asylum grounds. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined driveway on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. Buildings are in the background behind the trees. |
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