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Wow, Melissa, you have great eyes! I totally missed that person/dark shadow; but, now going back an looking, he/she is so obvious.

Komea ja sekä lähi- että kaukokohteita hyvin esille tuova valokuva. :)

This resembles my memory of the staircase opposite the dining room that the medical staff had their lunches in.

I lived at this hospital in about 1950, for only one or two years. I remember being pushed along a gravel drive, with flower beds close by, to visit the home of one of the doctors who worked at the hospital. The doctor must have had a house on-site (does that make sense?). The doctor and his wife had french windows in their sitting room with long chintzy curtains that blew around in the breeze. It could have been at this hospital that there was what seemed like a huge dining room where the medical staff ate their lunch. Occasionally I was there, put on a chair with cushions, and offered some lunch. This dining room was off a corridor near an entrance door, I think, and there were carpeted stairs going up opposite the dining room door. Possibly they led to the flat we lived in for a while. But I was only 18 months to 2 years old, so I might be remembering it wrongly.

Yes - it does look looke the light fixture IS lit - and that is very scary indeed

So well made; - the hard dark varnished wood; the perfect angles, and 10 brass screws to hold it all together really IS sturdy and strong....it is beautiful

Well Your Can Allmost See The Top Parts Of My Old Sp. Eadd. Boarding School Called Yorkwood just Bearley Over Skylne Of "C. Building Just A Broom ride Away Eh??

I remember the doctor who was in charge of all this. At the time(late 80’s-earlt 90’s) this study was ground breaking and he got a lot of noteriety for it. I also can vividly remember patients walking up and licking this display as well.

I believe these were the 2 ladies who worked in the phlebotomy department. Very nice people. If I remember correctly they worked on the 5th floor.

This building had a courtyard in the middle so what you see in the distance is the other side of the building.

This was on the 4th floor which is where the secured unit was and this had been done over more recently than the rest of the hospital so that’s why it is in better shape. I can remember when patients would smear shit all over the walls with there fingers. What a smell.

This was what they called a seclusion room where when patients went out of control they were locked in and monitored the entire time. One time a nurse was monitoring a patient and the door was open. He grabbed her and pulled her into the room and attempted to rape her but others heard and stopped him before he was able to.

Hauskan ja transientin näköinen ovi. :)

We still use a large board to identify patient rooms at Western State Hospital, Lakewood, WA. I like it. I think it is more convenient than using a computer would be.

It was fascinating (yet ugly) for sure.

Thanks, Motts!