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Blue x's this time to contrast the pretty smashed things.

Even this is ornate.

Gorgeous, simply. And the floor looks like a quilt

I like how it all leads to the open doorway, like a beckoning.

Does anyone else notice the object above and left of the flower looks like a skull? Or is it just me...

The piece of plastic that one uses in ECT is called a "bite-block". A "mouth gag" is an ENT instrument used to prop the mouth open during dental procedures. It would seem more likely that they were used for something besides ECT even in those days.

Thanks, I must check out that book. As I said above not all people do become violent--many just go into memory but a few like the bath tub case my cousin-in-law told me about) can become violent. One way or another what a sad illness. :-

I will check out the book though. If you want to read more about this place Pennhurst) check out this link. This was written by a patient:

http://www.disabilitym...docs/1681.htm?page=1

You're right, that soap dispenser DOES look lonely...

I just love how that table is in plain view of the window and other building. I'm sure the people on the top floor of the adjacent building must have loved the view so to speak. lol :P :)

The colours and textures are great, but the overall composition is excellent too--the placement of the column, the contrast between the bottom and the top, and the way the column not only dominates but unifies it.

[sorry...former art student here...]

Motts, are you pretty free with cropping, or do you mostly leave the images as is?

growing the edgewood building was so scary my brother and i would climb the talest tree in our that building was so huge it over powered everything around it my friends brother got jumped there in the80S thrown down the elevator shaft other friends would go in the tunnles and get crocked i never got to do that but i used to go into the heartland complex at night with friends and my hoopdi a1980 ford mustang painted camoflolge oh the great times we had

i hope before they tear this down someone salvages the light fixtures.

It looks like there's a brothel upstairs.

Yayyy! I agree with Jen, this is a great present. Signing cards will just have to wait.

this room was used for electric shock therapy..i just got back from visiting pennhurst. it's so creepy at night. we got caught by a cop but he let us go. pennhurst wasn't just a place for severely retarded people, these people were tested on..acid in the 60s and 70s, various drugs, electric chairs...it was shut down because things were leaking out people were gradually finding out all the shit and torture the patients endured..my grandfather headed the committee to shut it down. creepy shit