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The Great Artesian Fountain

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ...
Photograph

Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure in Milwuakee

Date: 1885
Description: The Milwaukee Thermo Therapae building at Fourth and Sycamore Streets. It was also known as Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure.
Photograph

The Great Artesian Fountain

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside...
Photograph

Lakeside House

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of Lakeside House. This hotel, originally known as the Water Cure, was built on the shore of Lake Monona in 1855. It burned about 1870.
Manuscript

Lucius Fairchild Letter

Date: 1856
Description: Handwritten letter of Lucius Fairchild from the Madison Watercure detailing his experiences there.
Book or Pamphlet

Madison Water Cure Advertisement

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement for the Madison Water Cure and Electro-Hydrogienic Institute, formerly the Lakeside Water-Cure.
Photograph

The Great Artesian Fountain - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ...
Photograph

The Great Artesian Fountain - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside...
Print

Electricity in a Bottle

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising ephemera for Electricity in a Bottle by the West Electric Cure Co. of Chicago which claimed to cure catarrh, hay fever, headache, asthma, and n...
Magazine or Periodical

Comely Features Article

Date: 12 1894
Description: An illustrated article in Godey's Ladies Book regarding "triumph of surgery" to improve one's facial features.
Poster

Symbolical Head and Phrenological Chart

Date: 1843
Description: Drawn diagram of a head in profile with sections mapped for phrenological associations. Each numbered section is illustrated with an image representing the...

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