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Group Portrait at the Entrance to the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Four women and two men are standing at the tree-lined drive surrounded by a lawn which leads into the Winnebago County Asylum. The man on far right in the...
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Winnebago County Asylum Dirt Road Entrance

Date: 1938
Description: Tree-lined dirt road entrance to the Winnebago County Asylum. In the far distance, two individuals are standing near the entrance gate.
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Winnebago County Asylum Nursing Staff Group Portrait

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six nurses, taken on the lawn of the Winnebago County Asylum. Three nurses standing in the back row are holding a "Winnebago" pen...
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Two Women Posing on Lawn of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Two women sitting on the lawn of what appears to be the Winnebago County Asylum. Behind the women is a limestone block foundation lined with flowers. One o...
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Lions Club Collecting Musical Instruments

Date: 04 23 1952
Description: G.I. Wallace and Clarence Graham looking over some of the discarded musical instruments donated to the state-wide project collecting musical instruments fo...
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The Insane Asylum

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Description: View across lawn toward the stone and brick Italianate-style asylum. The front entrance has a vine-covered porch in front, with bushes and shrubs flanking ...
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Aerial View of Dane County Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking west. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen near the main building....
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Aerial View of Dane County Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking north. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen. It had been called t...
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Dane County Home

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Description: Front view of the Dane County Home. The facility was renamed the Badger Prairie Healthcare Center in 1985. As of October 2010, a brand new hospital at the ...
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Second Annual Picnic at Dane County Asylum Farm

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the staff and residents of the Dane County Asylum at the second annual picnic for the institution.
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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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Waupaca County Asylum

Date: 1902
Description: View across lawn the Waupaca County Asylum facade. The structure consists of three buildings connected by windowed passageways. The building is symmetrical...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Exterior view of the new Wisconsin Diagnostic Center for the intensive study of mentally and emotionally disturbed young people, referred to it by the stat...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: An interior view of the new Wisconsin Diagnostic Center for the intensive study of mentally and emotionally disturbed young people, referred to it by the s...
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Theology Students Get Clinical Training

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: An unnamed Mendota patient (left) and Kenneth Smith (right), a theology student receiving 12 weeks of training at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally I...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: A young boy plays with building blocks at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center for the intensive study of mentally and emotionally disturbed young people. The b...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: A patient plays cards with Eugenia Hoover, a psychiatric aide, at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center at 1552 University Avenue. The Center is for the intensiv...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: Two young girls finger paint in the occupational therapy room at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center, 1552 University Avenue, for the intensive study of mental...
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Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 09 10 1954
Description: Dedication of the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center for the intensive study of mentally and emotionally disturbed young people, referred to it by the state Dept....
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"Shock Treatment" Movie Still

Date: 1964
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox film "Shock Treatment," featuring Stuart Whitman (playing Dale Nelson) who is shown undergoing electroshock trea...

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