Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 101

Photograph

Entering the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches...
Photograph

Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
Photograph

Operating Theater

Date: 1902
Description: Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Eye Exam

Date: 11 06 1933
Description: Dr. John E. Hughes, optometrist, tests a patient's vision in his office at 112 E. Main Street, using an eyeglass lens machine.
Photograph

Dr. Hughes and Eye Patient

Date: 11 06 1933
Description: Dr.John E.Hughes, optometrist, in his office at 112 E. Main Street, using eyeglass lens machine to test a woman patient's vision with advertising banners a...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Rug Weaving, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: A military veteran learns rug weaving at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota Mental Health Hospital as part of his rehabilitati...
Photograph

Charles Tounson

Date: 1965
Description: Charles Tounson with bandaged head.
Photograph

Operating Room

Date: 1911
Description: Doctors and nurses surround a patient on a gurney in an operating room at Stobhill General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.
Photograph

Leech Lake Agency Medical Care

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. Stephenson, Leech Lake Agency physician, and assistants prepare a small pox patient for removal to the hospital.
Photograph

Wisconsin General Hospital X-ray Procedure

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: State of Wisconsin General Hospital, at 1300 University Avenue. View showing chest X-ray equipment with a patient in position for the procedure, and a tech...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
Photograph

Red Crescent Doctor and Injured Man

Date: 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor examining an injured man who is wrapped in bandages. They are in Algeria.
Photograph

Two Doctors with Wounded Man

Date: 02 1945
Description: Two doctors attend to a wounded man on a stretcher in Iwo Jima.
Photograph

Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris (Mrs. Edward) Trameri being x-rayed by Dr. James M. Wilkie for tuberculosis at the free chest clinic operated by the Madison Department of Public Hea...
Photograph

Hospital Patients Waiting to Meet Walt Kelly

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Male patients at the Veterans Hospital waiting in a hall to meet cartoonist Walt Kelly while he was visiting on a book tour.
Photograph

Walt Kelly on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Cartnoonist Walt Kelly draws one of his famous cartoon characters for an audience of veterans at the Veterans Hospital.
Photograph

Wisconsin General Hospital Room

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: Wisconsin General Hospital room with two patients and a medical aide in crowded conditions.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: