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I had one of these that came out of a storage room in a fire department. I found that they are not particularly valuable. I got $25.00 for mine and it was in good, working condition.

Totally incredible!!Would just love to walk around here! Imagine all the in-mates who were here. Can you say where this is??

Motts, you have to take one of those documents, especially when there are many of them just lying there. Don't they just throw this stuff out when the knock down a building?

I would really like to know how you find out about these places. I know of some from reading articles but some or most of these I've never heard of.

Very Beautiful. I love your staircase shots!

FANTASTIC!!!!!!! Would I ever love to get into this place; I mean just to look around, of course!

I really like yhis picture!

Lol. A Potty Moon!

looks to me that the person who used this walker would have to be very slim... (and of course it doesnt look very comfortable...)

Interesting photo. Makes me wonder who was the last occupant of that chair.. very sad :(

There really is plenty of stuff online and in various publications you could study. No need to dig through this stuff. A brief google search will turn up tonnes of case files, diaries, all sorts of things by, and about, people with mental disorders released for public study. Poetry written by schizophrenics is particularly fascinating. Sometimes, they make me jealous because they make absolutely amazing connections through metaphors and such that I would have never thought of. Then again, all creative people seem to be a bit off. Myself included. 8o}

No way end..

Your site contains interesting photos. I offer this correction: The facility was never called "Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital". It opened in June of 1919 as the "Plymouth County Hospital" for treating tuberculosis. The Town of Hanson was its location, but was strictly run by the county. In the 80's it became a hospital for chronic and geriatric illnesses. Your opening history paragraph suggests a three part history, but only two occurred.

He's so going to eat that butterfly right in front of the little girl.

Ah, yes, my abnormal psychology professor would often go into little rants about homosexuality being included in versions of DSM well into... what was it? 1980's? Or, was it the 60's. The only thing that really sticks in my mind about that class is the professor going on a really long rant about how it doesn't take a genius to know what medicine to prescribe and that psychologists should be able to do so and the only reason they can't is because of the psychiatrists wanting to keep all the big money to themselves. I always had the suspicion that he was just jealous that he never went to medical school. He was a good guy though. It was a fun class and I still occasionally watch the CD-Rom that came with the textbook that had a bunch of videos of people with various disorders. The schizophrenics are absolutely fascinating to observe.