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St. Joseph's Hospital

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Hospital, Ashland, Wis." Front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick hospital built in 1905. The basement level is b...
Photograph

Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Hospital for the Insane.
Photograph

Porch at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: View from grounds toward patients sitting on the porch of the rotunda at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. A nurse stands near ...
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Patient and Nurse at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: A male patient sits in bed on the porch and receives a meal from a nurse at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. A telephone sits ...
Photograph

Forest Lawn Sanatorium

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Description: Front view of Forest Lawn Sanatorium taken from across the lawn. The brick building features rectangular windows and an entrance with stairs leading up to ...
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Holy Family Hospital

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Description: Exterior view of two buildings which comprise Holy Family Hospital.
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City View, Northfork, Virginia

Date: 1925
Description: View of a city featuring a downtown district and a neighborhood built into the hillside.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View down a street filled with pedestrians passing stores and small businesses.
Photograph

Main Street, Walla Walla, Washington

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Description: View down the main street of town featuring storefronts.
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Apothecary Shop of General Hugh Mercer

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Description: Apothecary Shop of Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), soldier and physician during the Revolutionary War. Erected around 1760, the building was restored to provide m...
Manuscript

Griggs Album: Kindergarten Goes to Vilas Park

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children posing in the back of an open truck wagon in front of the Neighborhood House Infant Welfare Clinic. The wagon is marked "Frautschi". This is the f...
Photograph

Spring Green Street Scene

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Description: View from intersection towards a drugstore on the left corner. A service station with a sign that says "NASH" is next door. Further down is a house and wha...
Photograph

Dane County Asylum near Verona

Date: 1911
Description: View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s...
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Bank and Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: View from street towards a building housing the post office and bank, which are on the main floor at the top of a flight of steps. A datestone above one of...
Postcard

Mt. Washington Sanitorium

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the Mt. Washington Sanitorium, a four-story medical facility. Caption reads: "Mt. Washington Sanitorium, Eau Clair...
Photograph

Albert Kasper Druggist

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Description: View of two men standing on the steps in front of the entrance of a store on a corner. The sign painted on the window reads: "Albert F. Kasper Druggist," a...
Photograph

Cuba City Hospital and Clinic

Date: 02 02 1954
Description: The nursery and neonatal unit at the Cuba City Hospital and Clinic.
Photograph

Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 05 01 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a metal grate in front of a brick wall. A window on the right has a metal grate protecting it.
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Man Posing with Walking Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Old man with cane in business suit posing with walking plow. He is standing on a wood sidewalk in front of a building. He is holding a hat in his left hand...
Postcard

St. Joseph Hospital

Date: 02 13 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Wisconsin." Built of brick in the Neoclassical style. A statue is on the lawn in front of the entranc...

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