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Painting

Fort Howard dans La Grand Baie Verte (Ouisconsin)

Date: 1842
Description: This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ...
Photograph

Wausau Memorial Hospital

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wausau Memorial Hospital, with the Wisconsin River in the foreground.
Photograph

Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1940
Description: Large hospital in the background, with a large stone fountain or planter on the left. Two men are walking in the garden near a drive.
Photograph

Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view from across road of the Wisconsin General Hospital. There is a landscaped area with plants and hedges in front of the entrance.
Photograph

Winnebago County Asylum Nursing Staff

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the nursing staff at the Winnebago County Asylum. Eight nurses in uniform are lined up near the exterior of a brick building.
Photograph

Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer workers, Dorothy (Robert W.) Wylde, left, and Margaret (Eldon B.) Russell, deliver plants to hospital patients...
Photograph

Yates Memorial Hospital

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Description: Stairs lead from the sidewalk to a columned porch at the hospital entrance. Three girls play with a wagon on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Yates Memorial H...
Photograph

Room in Forest Lawn Sanatorium in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A room in Forest Lawn Sanatorium is lined on either side with windows and holds a table, end table, and several wicker chairs. Potted plants decorate the ...
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

Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aide volunteer Betsy Dye delivers a plant to Mrs. M.C. Palmer at her bedside.
Photograph

Hospital at Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view of front entrance of the Hospital building at The Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School. Climbing vines cover the exterior wall of th...
Postcard

St. Marys Ringling Hospital

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the hospital. A curved driveway leads up to the entrance behind a low stone wall planted with shrubs. Trees line the street. Caption reads...
Photograph

Ladies in Pink Auxiliary at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 09 11 1960
Description: Joan Beyer (left), a patient at St. Mary's Hospital, receives a plant from Mary Kretschman, chairman of the new flower and mail service of the Ladies in Pi...
Photograph

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1912
Description: View from field looking up at St. Mary's Hospital situated atop a hill in front of fenced pastures. A horse is grazing in a pasture on the right.
Photograph

Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane and grounds. In 1935 it became the Mendota State Hospital. It was built in 1860 by architect Stephen Vaughn S...
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, Private Room I

Date: 1901
Description: View of a small private room with a cast-iron and brass bed. A single window with sheer dotted Swiss tied-back curtains brightens the room. On the hardwoo...
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital, Ward

Date: 1901
Description: View of the men's first floor ward. Two bearded men are sitting on rocking chairs, dressed in street clothes and holding canes. A man is lying in a bed on...

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