395 Comments for Connecticut Valley Hospital

Were those glass beads and what was the cross made from...pewter? I'm surprised it was taken by scavengers.

Doctor's are infamous for their scribble but my MD is so bad not only does it take the pharmacy twice as long to input my RX than to fill them but I've also had to translate his notes when seeing other physicians. Still, I prefer longhand to printing any day

Blind in the hallway.

yes, they are, autoguy; cool..+ ..fixable.
How old are they? 100 years?

Ohhhh...it is one of those CVH blinds! They are durable and seem to last long.

Handsome window.....and a blind still there.
Why a blind in a hallway?

.....please EXIT to The Right....yes, thru door with THREE Hinges...
and all the light-switches in the Hall.....
so no control over dark or light in the room, then.......
rust never sleeps

...that window...awesomely handsome really, and the pulldown blind is still there, with the little ring on the string...amazing..honestly
i love it.

they actually use to put patients in them

I didn't try it. It could've been a laundry chute, or access to the steam pipes.

Was that someone's attempt at protecting missing/broken window panes?

Was the small door unopenable?

The one in the back right corner folds like the one that was in the hallway. Having been in here for years probably accounts for how good it looks. I'll bet there was a cot exchange program with the funeral homes so the body did not have to be moved so many times. That narrower type fit on a rail in the back of the old fashioned station wagon type vehicles. It could be locked and used for transport of a body or as an emergency transport vehicle.

It was called the chart rack. It was open under the rack so the charts extended down. With electronic charting all of these are antiques.

The fake fur was in contact with the patient's skin. This is either a wrist or ankle "soft" restraint versus leather restraints. The metal loop was part of the wrist wrap which fastened with velcro and then the long strap tied to the bed frame. These were still in use in the '70's