319 Comments for Barlow State Hospital

The tub and such appears to be in real decent shape. Its great that its nicely preserved.

Physically handicapped persons do bathe in these using a hoyer lift type device to lift the person in and out of the tub.

What are you going to do with it, Eldokid? While I share your enthusiasm I will hold out for the Marshall ECT unit. Those go to 11

Always excited to see a new gallery. Thanks Motts.

This is the Smoking Elevator. The No Smoking Elevator is down the hall.

It's obscured but I think it might have said "NO SMOKING IN ELEVATOR." You can barely see the word "IN" on the brick to the left, and I doubt the sign would say "SMOKING IN ELEVATOR."

Where's Bill Koch when you need him?

Sorry eldo, autocorrect even on my desktop computer.

I agree flushed and elude. It has taken a long time for the "paperless world" which was supposed to be coming any day now! But in my job where we do reports that are up to 5000 pages, for the past year we have done very few paper prints. We have a large publications department that is more often these days sitting idle. We mostly do everything in PDF and the agencies and libraries that would get the reports now only want DVDs.

On another note, I think I can eat all 12 of those 16 oz. bags of Puffed Wheat and still be hungry. My mother always made me eat that when I was little but it's like eating air. (I assume there is paperwork in that box and not very old and very stale Puffed Wheat!)

Where were you on the night of the 23rd?

Ohhh dear...those wash-basins are very good looking indeed - the faucets are wonderful.

Peeling paint so special ....... and three hinges....is good and strong.
I always wonder when it changed to two hinges.

Ohhh but that is good - keep track of the shower days; Tues + Fri.
Am S O O L D grew up with a bath ONCE A WEEK, hahahaha: fact! Imagine! But we DID wash - with a rag! Here&there;! Hilarious, and sad too.....

Well...hello ...hello...ye old cat..cheer me up,
and peeling paint like a map in an arctic landscape - sea + ice...love it.
Door: probably three hinges?

Pain relief?

To be more clear Lucie it was the one rag for all 30 or 40 kids not the same rag each time.