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It was a specialized hospital, but not for mental health or disability purposes.

There is no such thing as a "shock bath", at least in the medical field.

The bare wood of the attic ceiling...

This is beautiful, I love the colors. So clean.

I think this house is creepier during the day

What a great composition shot! It cries "New York" for some reason.

What an interesting method of blocking the door in an abandoned building. Seems to be pretty effective, on this door anyhow. The scrappers still got in somewhere!

Some unknown artist's work. I see pieces like this on museum walls that sold for thousands of dollars. Ironic, heh?

Did they have plexi-glass back then? Maybe it was made out of that. i can't imagine they would put breakable glass in a jail.

<insert evil laughter here>

My very first stuffed animal was a little dog. I still have my "little doggy". As a collector of teddy bears and other stuffed creatures, I would have had to take this cute little puppy home and "revive" him. I have "revived" others before. Maybe this was left more recently by homeless persons passing through? They aren't all adults you know.

read the book "HIV, a Journey to the Source of AIDS". this book references Letchworth Village as one of the first sites for live polio vaccine trials in the US. the lab could have received funding from other sources (like the researcher and manufacturer) in exchange for using their residents as test subjects.

PS: This pictoral history is FASCINATING! Thank you!

Looks like it would be just the right size for those twin size hospital mattresses, No?

This shot looks like one of those modern art paintings. Imagine everything flat. Hmmmm maybe you should paint this Motts and make some easy cash!

A dark room of sorts maybe? Maybe they had some patients that had that genetic disorder that wouldn't allow them to go into the light.