James Watson Mid-Continent Railway Museum and Mendota State Hospital photographs, 1962.

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James Watson Mid-Continent Railway Museum and Mendota State Hospital photographs, 1962.

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Photographs made by James Watson, a museum staff member at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, showing railroad rolling stock and opening day activities on May 26, 1962, at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, Hillsboro, Wis., which moved to North Freedom, Wis., in 1963. Images also include views of the living quarters at the Mendota State Hospital redecorated to their appearance at the turn of the twentieth century when the institution was known as the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane.

12 photographs (1 folder)12 negatives on 6 strips (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924510

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.)

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The Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane opened in 1860. It was built on a site near Madison purchased by commissioners of the Wisconsin State Lunatic Asylum (authorized in 1854 but never constructed). In the 1930's the institution began to be known as the Mendota State Hospital and in 1973 it became the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The institution reported to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267), 1881-1891; the State B...

Mid-Continent Railway Museum

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Watson, James Stuart

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Watson was a boatswain on board the U.S. Frigate Constitution. From the description of Power of Attorney, 1817 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407527 ...