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| Date: | 11 08 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 9 men and 8 women employees (members of AFSCME Local 13 ?) in front of World War II Service plaque. |
| Date: | 02 20 1942 |
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| Description: | Nurse Alma Padgett feeding a patient from a tray of food at Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 05 09 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the furnaces in the boiler room at the Dane County Asylum. Two men are standing in the middle of the room. |
| Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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| Description: | Military veterans receive therapy in hot water tubs, with George Gardner, director of the hydro-therapy department, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell ... |
| Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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| Description: | Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M... |
| Date: | 03 04 1932 |
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| Description: | A military veteran learns rug weaving at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota Mental Health Hospital as part of his rehabilitati... |
| Date: | 10 01 1931 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards the Lake View Tuberulosis Sanitorium and grounds, 1202 Northport Drive. |
| Date: | 08 02 1926 |
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| Description: | Four men in a potato field at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113. |
| Date: | 08 02 1926 |
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| Description: | Six men with hoes in a truck garden at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Hwy 113. |
| Date: | 08 02 1926 |
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| Description: | Harvesting grain with horse-drawn machinery at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113. |
| Date: | 09 06 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Dane County Asylum (or hospital) with people sitting on a bench in front. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane, in existence since 1845. In 1880 it became part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide l... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Building No. 4, then known as the Wisconsin House for the Feeble-Minded. Caption reads: "Building No. 4, State Home, Chippewa Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 02 06 1947 |
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| Description: | View of nine empty beds in a Mendota State Hospital ward (Mendota Mental Health Institute) at 301 Troy Drive. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from road towards the insane asylum. Caption reads: "Rock County Insane Asylum, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central State Hospital for the Insane. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road toward the front of the asylum. Caption reads: "Marinette County Insane Asylum, Marinette, Wis." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute) with stone fountain in front. Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis." |
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