Wisconsin state institutions photographs, 1893.

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Wisconsin state institutions photographs, 1893.

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Photographs of Wisconsin state institutions made for the Wisconsin State Board of Control by H. H. Bennett and Paul G. Lecher in 1893. The images were made for the Columbian Exposition. Institutions photographed include the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane in Mendota, the Northern Hospital for the Insane in Winnebago, the Wisconsin State Prison in Waupun, the State Industrial School for Boys in Waukesha, the State School in Sparta, and the State School for the Blind in Janesville. The State Board of Control hired Lecher to make the photographs. Lecher, in turn, hired Bennett. Bennett made the negatives from which Lecher produced the prints.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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