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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
Postcard

St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum

Date: 11 10 1905
Description: A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr...
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Facade of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view from driveway of exterior of the Winnebago County Asylum.
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Poor Farm and Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of Poor Farm on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a large barn, silo, windmill, and the roof of a large building in the ba...
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Building on the Winnebago County Asylum Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: View from road of a building located on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. Standing on a sidewalk in front is a man leaning on a cane.
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Winnebago County Asylum Driveway

Date: 1930
Description: Tree-lined driveway on the Winnebago County Asylum grounds.
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Driveway on the Winnebago County Asylum Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: Tree-lined driveway on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. Buildings are in the background behind the trees.
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Exterior View of the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Winnebago County Asylum building.
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Exterior of the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior rear view of the Winnebago County Asylum building.
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Exterior View of a Winnebago County Asylum Building

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of front of a Winnebago County Asylum building.
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm Buildings

Date: 1930
Description: View from across road of the Winnebago County Asylum farm buildings, including a large barn.
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm Buildings

Date: 1930
Description: View across grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum farm buildings, including a large barn with weather vanes on top of gable vents. In the foreground is a ...
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Laundry Room at the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Staff members and one child posing among wheeled carts in the laundry facilities at the Winnebago County Asylum. In the background are two large laundry ma...
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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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Jackson County Poor Home

Date: 
Description: Man posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse in front of a two-story brick building, probably the Jackson County Poor Home.
Postcard

Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm on Highway 18, thirty miles west of Milwaukee.
Postcard

Skaalen Sunset Home

Date: 1971
Description: Text on reverse reads: "An aerial view of the Skaalen Sunset Home and the New Addition completed Spring 1971, Stoughton, Wisconsin. The Home has 157 nursin...

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