1,476 Comments for Letchworth Village

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My mom, a social worker for NY state, still works on the ground here (in a newer building). As a kid I always though her (old) office was cool b/c it had a sink in it. I always tried to picture the rooms as they might've been, when they were home to patients, not desks and social workers.
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thats not a monitor, its a microfische reader..
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Thank you Jeanne
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My mother worked here in the 40s and 50s as a nurse - I spent sundays here as a child helping her care for some of the less dangerous patients -Im almost 60 years old and I am surprised to find something like this on the web, altho i dont know why! Beautifuly done photgraphs- They are erie, ghosts of my memories - washed in sepia -
Your sensitivity shows through your photographs -
Jeanne
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there on the gurney next to it :)
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my guess is that its so sewage dowsnt come back up or they dont want them being used anymore
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LOL!!!
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Now, that is a great picture!
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I was JUST going to ask why (would they take the time to plaster sinks & toilets)!

Very strange!
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Very nice - I love the hardware!
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the meds are gone now
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Yeah that was really weird. I wish I had moved them out of the shot!
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Cute how the moniter has a post-it note stuck to it...."remember to collect moniter after 20 years"
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Is that paper plates next to the table? Hope someone wasn't planning a picnic in here....
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i have been there is is nuts