4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

My father used to sell mimeograph machines to local education authorities in the days before schools could afford photocopiers. The smell of the ink was lovely... I remember getting the blue print all over my hands when our class teacher gave us worksheets that weren't quite dry :-)

I think we may still even have a couple of these machines (more modern, mid-80s versions of course) lying around in the garage or basement! Incidenally my old man moved on to selling photocopiers and laser printers as each subsequently superseded older technology...

ughhhh

I can't belive you dare to walk around such a place Motts! But im very glad you do, so you can bring us those superb photos of yours!

I love photos like this..

It's a bit frightening that they leave things like this behind, just imagine! Dead people may have been laying right there in those freezers. It's quite fascinating, but at the same time a bit creepy..

Great photo though

Oh Yeah!


Inhales deeply, Miss those days.

Thanks so much, awyper, I'd love to see the place!

Not an AB Dick offset. No ink trays or suction devices. Clearly a mimeograph. AB Dick did make them as well.
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I loved getting those quizzes, still moist from the machine. Look around and every kid in class is sniffing the paper.

motts, once this private company builds a new building for the county's infirm, ill see if i can get you a tour of the old building.

thanks for the feedback, actually i work for one of the last remaining county homes in pa, soon to be taken over by a private company. there are 3 drawers one on top of another, you have to have one person at the feet and one at the head and place the person in sideways, its a very small morgue, no exam tables or equipment.

If you irritate me and start to nag,
Yer gonna end up in the morgue in a body bag.......
Which reminds me, I'm hungry. I haven't had breakfast yet.

Twug, my sweet, my life is dedicated to serving you personally! :-)

(Would anyone like a little Chianti or fava beans with that?)

This shot will be in my top 10 for damn sure! Even though they are not real spooks, it certainly looks like it, and the billowing curtain really adds to the spookiness!

This would be a good locale for a horror movie. The victim is walking up that set of stairs, and above them, sees the face of their stalker/villian/murderer in the windows above!

Very interesting picture this one. The lower part of the stairwell almost looks like a charcoal painting!