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Lakeside Station
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Lakeside station near "Water Cure." The Lakeside Water Cure, in today's Olin Park on the south side of Lake Monona, was completed in August 1855. Patients were treated in the steam-heated main building, which accommodated 80. On August 21, 1877, the facility burned and was not rebuilt.
1890
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Lakeside House
1868
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.
Madison Sanitarium
1907
The Madison Sanitarium on Lakeside Street at Lake Monona, not to be confused with the Lakeside Sanitarium, which was located farther east along the south shore of the lake. The Lakeside Sanitarium...
Wheelchair Patient Outside at Wisconsin General Hospital
February 8, 1945
Patient in wheelchair being taken outdoors in the snow between two buildings at Wisconsin General Hospital.
Olin Park Tourist Camp
1925
The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison.
Madison from the Resort-Spa Water Cure
circa 1860-1869
Downtown Madison viewed across Lake Monona from the resort-spa Water Cure. The skyline includes the Capitol, the dome on University Hall, several downtown buildings, and residences along the lake.
Lake Mendota Shore
1898
View across water towards the Lake Mendota shoreline from the foot of Frances Street.
