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You're not ancient Lynne, just a recycled teenager, like me.

this is i would to sit in it

the stairs are really creepy , I LOVE IT!!

This reminds me of a modern cartoon rabbit that has all kinds of evil, degrading, and just plain rude little sayings. Ever heard of "Happy Bunny"? Maybe this child grew up to be the artist!

Regarding the "extra ear", I don't think that it is an ear at all. I believe that what we have here is an attempt at perspective of sorts. It appears that the front leg is directly below the face. I believe that the bump is the end of the rabbit's other foot peaking out from the other side. Think of one of those little stuffed animals that lays on it's stomach. Maybe this lonely child/adult had a stuffed toy that was it's only friend and they gave it a bit of a personality.

Wow!! I was born here in 1963. Im still trying to locate my real father. I was told my mom was raped as a patient here? Ofcourse no one can know for sure but I very interested in visiting this place. ANy one wanna join me?
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These photos are all absolutely brilliant. Nancy's right--it's a sin to let such beatuiful buildings rot away when the massive funds invested to restore them could easily be regained many times over. I'm not sure I'd want to turn it into apartments, however--a place like this, I'd want all to myself!

I just can't get over how beautiful and serene it looks. It has a romantic rusticness (is that a word?) about it, the sort of place where Hemingway would work on his latest stories. Just amazing.

Wow...beautiful! It almost looks as if it were carved out of some type of jade. I love it!

It looks like the scene of a spontaneous combustion!

Except for myself and a few other cousins who were also born too late, all of the women in my mom's family attended Bennet at some point from the '50s through the '70s (my mom actually attended Bennet with her own niece who was barely a week younger). I think Pat Ratchet was quite right: from what I've been told, it was very much a "Mona Lisa Smile," Buffy/Muffy/Cookie sort of school for affluent girls to learn how to land equally affluent husbands. But I'll have you know that the women in my family have dark hair, not blonde! I don't know if they ever had flings with Timothy Leary, but for humor's sake, I certainly hope so.

My lil' brother had this whole train set, even the conductor w/his blue uniform and hat...ah, the memories!

ROFL...you guys are too hilarious. Thanks for brightening my incredibly boring day at work (like usual)!

Another thought...I wonder what happened to that "spit and rinse" sink thingie dentists keep next to the chair. Or did they even have such things back then? Probably not.

I agree w/Khai! That thing does look like a drill or laser, pointed right at the patient's head! Um, I'm actually one of the people who likes going to the dentist. I go every 6 mos. to get a teeth cleaning and make sure they're in good shape!I made the mistake a few yrs. ago of not going for 2 years (nasty, I know) and I had 2 horrible cavities.

What is up with all these smashed sinks and toilets? Are people really that destructive? In one of the other pictures (I can't remember which hospital...Glenn Dale I think), there's an entire row of sinks completely smashed...I hate vandals.

I've seen something similar as well. I was at the mall a few mos. ago, and saw a group of people in matching yellow shirts. As I was doing my shopping I'd seen that the big group had separated into smaller groups; one aide per each group with 2 or 3 of the patients in their care. The aides seemed really kind & caring, and I saw one guy treat his patients to Starbucks.