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Children at Morningside Sanitorium

Date: 06 01 1935
Description: Group portrait of children with tuberculosis and their attendants, and with a man and woman in Salvation Army uniforms, sitting in a classroom at the Morni...
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Hydro-therapy Department at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Military veterans receive therapy in hot water tubs, with George Gardner, director of the hydro-therapy department, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell ...
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Patient in Wisconsin General Hospital Hallway

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: Patient being wheeled past laundry baskets and lockers in overcrowded Wisconsin General Hospital basement hallway.
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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St. John's Hospital Nursery

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Description: Two men, two women, and a number of newborns in the nursery at St. John's Hospital.
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Mendota State Hospital Dance

Date: 12 14 1952
Description: A circle of female patients and a nurse hold hands during a dance at Mendota State Hospital. John Birchall, a hospital recreation staff person, plays a dou...
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Methodist Hospital Nurse's Aide

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: Etti Gelan, a nurse's aide at Methodist Hospital, giving a drink of water to a male patient, William Laerk of Waukesha. She left her native country of Germ...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: Three members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's club employed at the Veterans' Administration hospital are chatting with Gustave Johnson of ...
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Careers in Mental Health

Date: 04 26 1959
Description: Mrs. Lowell Brownrigg, Psychiatric Aide, is shown in Lorenz Hall at Mendota State Hospital with a patient.
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Careers in Mental Health

Date: 04 26 1959
Description: Mrs. A. Newel Whitney, an occupational therapist at Mendota State Hospital, is shown helping a patient lace together sections of a leather purse as part of...

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