580 Comments for Margate State School

For the children. Until about 30 to 35 years ago almost all state developmental centers took in infants and children. Now it takes an act of Congress (or a friend in Congress) to get anyone under 21 admitted to a developmental center.

Wow, creepy. I think dolls and manequins are scary.

Wow. When I first saw the picture, I thought it was a walker with a toilet on it - like for someone who walks so slow they can't make it to the bathroom.

Or .. like intense rehab. "No time to take a break for a piss, man,... i'm putting it right in the walker!"

Why were there carriages?....

Were there chairs nearby?
So the puzzle people could sit?

That''s sick.
But it IS a great shot!!!!

My guess is this room was where the speech and language pathologist worked and these were items used to help students understand certain phonetic sounds and then matching the sound with the "dipthongs!" (fox trot)
They probably used these as a game. possibly to match the sound to the pic, you know simple stuff like that...... pic of cow and the sound "ou" idk...

Some of these items look much older than 70s...no?

I just recently located this site and have thoroughly enjoyed the creativity that is put into each photograph. Excellent work, wish I could join you on some of these jaunts. ;-)

.......yea but who put it together? It couldn't have been a kid from back then could it?

Is that some sort of poo on the top step?

I had one of those used on my lungs before, or should I say "lung"....I don't remember it looking like that though...

whoa.....naz-teh!

Man! I wish you would have taken a pic of the inside!!

*ROFLMAO* "Mr Allcaps"....