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Rock County Insane Asylum

Date: 1910
Description: View from road towards the insane asylum. Caption reads: "Rock County Insane Asylum, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

County Asylum

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Description: View across grounds towards the County Asylum in Whitehall. Caption reads: "County Asylum, Whitehall, Wis."
Photograph

Grant County Asylum

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Description: View across lawn towards the Grant County Asylum.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1914
Description: Wisconsin Central State Hospital for the Insane.
Photograph

Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane

Date: 1895
Description: Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane. In 1880 it became a part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide longer term care to peopl...
Postcard

Marinette County Insane Asylum

Date: 1917
Description: View down unpaved road toward the front of the asylum. Caption reads: "Marinette County Insane Asylum, Marinette, Wis."
Photograph

Wood County Asylum

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Description: The Wood County Asylum.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1870
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Postcard

Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1906
Description: View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Northern Wisconsin Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of the Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane.
Photograph

Northern Wisconsin Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane.
Photograph

Northern Wisconsin Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: The entrance of the Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane. Automobiles are parked on the road in front.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: View from the path leading to the entrance of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Postcard

Riverside Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the building which is surrounded by a fence. Caption reads: "The Riverside Sanitarium, Menlo Park, Milwaukee."
Photograph

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....
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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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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...
Postcard

The Sanatorium

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Description: View towards the sanatorium.. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "No view can give any adequate idea of the magnificent s...

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