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Dr. Walter Urben
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Dr. Walter Urben, superintendent of Mendota State Hospital, shown examining an X-ray machine that is part of the equipment of the Veterans Administration hospital at Mendota. The Veterans' hospital was to be operated as part of the Mendota hospital as of July 1. (Mendota Mental Health Institute)
February 11, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Dr. Walter J. Urben
January 28, 1948
Portrait of Dr. Walter J. Urben, newly appointed superintendent of Mendota State hospital, who started work on Sunday Feb. 1st 1948. He was previously director of the division of mental hygiene of ...
University of Wisconsin Medical School Program
June 27, 1949
University of Wisconsin Medical school and the State Department of Public Welfare have started a program of mutual-help. Dr. Walter J. Urben, superintendent of Mendota State Hospital, left, and Dr....
Dr. August Sauthoff
December 18, 1947
Dr. August Sauthoff, clinical director and assistant superintendent of Mendota State Hospital, retired January 31, 1948 at the age of 72.(Mendota Mental Health Institute)
Mendota Hospital Centennial Event
July 16, 1960
Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter Urben, hospital superintendent; Steve Cla...
Organ for Mendota Hospital
December 13, 1957
Three men examine an electric organ placed upon a wheeled platform. The caption states, a new portable chord organ for patients at Mendota State Hospital absorbs the interest of Wilton Duckworth. S...
Male Patient at Veterans Adminstration Hospital
November 6, 1947
Male patient working at a table weaving/braiding as part of his occupational therapy at the Veterans Administration Hospital on the grounds of Mendota State Hospital.
