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Your photos are of the highest caliber,and do an excellent job of conveying the bitter end of a beautiful and tranquil place.

Reed Hall is the actual name of this T.S.Kirkbride designed building. This bridge was in daily use, when I (as well as my mother)worked there, in the late 70's and early 80's.

Ben-Gay? Geritol? Those things are for old people. I'm 52 and haven't needed them yet. LOL

I came here for the pictures. At first, I didn't even notice there was comments below the photos. When I started reading them, it became addictive.

I found out that (almost) every detail in (almost) every picture is brought to my attention. Little things I missed, like dead flies on the floor are suddenly brought to my attention. Even the most mundane photo, such as a door saying 'Drug Room' will have fifty comments. All worth reading and being sad, funny and ed-u-cational all at the same time. You can't get much better than this.

People, please join me in giving Shytown a standing ovation, please.

To our darling Ed from Oregon,

Happy 34th, you young thang!

:-)

RE, you'll get yours in 3 weeks. :-)

Happy Birthday Ed. I'll be 37 in three weeks. Where's my Ben-Gay and Geritol? Oh, here they are, right next to my beer...

I prefer non-verbal food transport system. LOL

Holy Shit, I'm 34 today!!(see what reading your comments will do Mr. Motts!!) ;-)

FYI, that's called a Bradley Shower. Designed to save water, while giving more people a chance to shower. Sadly, didn't do much for privacy.

Just looking at this makes me want cookies

One of the things you have to consider is the fact that back in those days (50-60 years ago and beyond) there wasn't much in the way of social services. Hell, there wasn't really even any Special Education classes for children who had emotional problems or mental handicaps. So, if a child had issues, the only options were to stay home with family all day, every day, or to be institutionalized. If a child requires assistance 'round the clock, that is very taxing on the family. Also, if one were to seek outside assistance, that woud be very expensive. Nowadays there are medicaid programs that can pay for the assistance, then, there was no such thing, so many parents felt their hands were tied. Add that to the social stigma attached to having a child that was "not right in the head" or "feeble minded" and you get mass institutionalization.

Just looking at this, I can smell a thousand half eaten meals being steamed off metal trays.

OH! TWUG! WOULD I?! I LOVE THIS PLACE! THE OVERGROWTH ITSELF IS AWESOME!

How would one make arrangements to visit the NSH?