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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | This map shows plat of town, land ownership by name, city limits, section boundaries, wards, local roads, railroads, parks, fairgrounds, cemeteries, locati... |
| Date: | 02 21 1961 |
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| Description: | Zonta Club members Jane Mittelstaedt and Cecetia Mullins watch as a patient at the Mendota State Hospital tries to "hit the clown" with a rubber sponge dur... |
| Date: | 05 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Dr. Richard Thurrell, psychiatrist, stands at the front of a classroom in Mendota State Hospital trading ideas with a group of patients who are alcoholics. |
| Date: | 05 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Richard Thurrell, a psychiatrist at Mendota State Hospital. |
| Date: | 07 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Several participants tell the early history of Mendota State Hospital at the centennial pageant. They are, left to right: Cecilia Shedleski, a nurse at the... |
| Date: | 07 22 1960 |
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| Description: | Employees of Mendota State Hospital act out the history of the hospital in a centennial pageant. In this scene, the hospital board visits the newly-built h... |
| Date: | 07 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Employees dress in turn-of-the-century dresses for a scene in a centennial pageant depicting nursing at Mendota State Hospital. The costumes were from the ... |
| Date: | 07 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter... |
| Date: | 05 16 1955 |
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| Description: | The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ... |
| Date: | 05 16 1955 |
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| Description: | Two Lutheran pastors chat during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. The Madison pastors are Rev. William J. Rohlw... |
| Date: | 02 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Officers of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs inspect the charter that was presented to the Mendota Woman's Club by the General Federation of Women... |
| Date: | 04 25 1961 |
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| Description: | The First Friends volunteer chairman is Rev. Richard Larson, associate pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church. Helping the group get ready are Bill Sather, execu... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man feeding fantail doves on a lawn at Oakwood Sanitarium. The sanitarium is in the background behind trees. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Informal group portrait of fifteen people, men women and children, posed on stone steps at Oakwood Sanitarium. Some of the people are holding bouquets. |
| Date: | 12 11 1964 |
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| Description: | In the foreground, a woman's arms, with a bracelet and wristwatch. In one hand she is holding a large bottle of pills, and is pouring the pills into the ot... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across drive and lawn towards the front of the building. Caption reads: "Brown County Asylum, Green Bay, Wis." |
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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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| Description: | View up sidewalk toward the insane asylum. Turrets are on either side of the entrance, and wings with wards are on both sides. Caption reads: "Rock County ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of people standing on the grounds in front of the asylum. There are bars on the windows and fire escapes on both ends of the building.... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the sanitarium. There is a net set up on the lawn in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pennoyer Sanitarium, Kenosha, Wis. N.A. Pennoy... |
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