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i have sat in that chair

you,re right Tony C that probably scared the patients instead of delighting them.

I always thought that they looled like an onion that got stuck on a straw.

My great grandmother suffered a breakdown at the hands of her abusive husband, and was given a labotomy . She was housed at Pilgrim State Hosp. for 62 years. she died in 1990 @ the age of 82. i would love to visit.

crazy to think that they tried to give these poor kids confort when the whole thing was a nightmare

that looks like a prop that is in my room in a haunted house! very creepy

That's why I take pictures of them...

I'm not sure, but it could be a track for a camera to take photos of the person sleeping (seen in action here http://www.opacity.us/image5227_disturb.htm )

It is on the second or third floor, and yes I'm assuming there was a fire escape outside.

The right side has both the Alpha (A) and Omega (Ω) symbols, which mean the beginning and the end. “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord” (Revelation 1:8).

The 'P' is most likely a Labarum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labarum

omg i am clostrophobic and that just makes me shiver! great shot

the base and chemical make up of blood, that when it is in contact with copper, it will turn the copper blue over time, through corrosion.

i been working in hospitals and nursing homes for over 20 years, never heard of the term "hopper" for the the bedpan sanitizer.

The only words I can see completely are:
"Then in" (sum in) and "loyal" (pious)

If you'd gotten the whole thing, I could have translated...
darn you, motts.

im really scare, i typed in danielle whittingham on gogle and it ccame up with this, some really horrible stuff happened here, and its named after me! this is like the movie mad house but real life....