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| 10:02:48 AM - Mon, Jul 26th 2010 |
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| Nice finds Squad546. I love the clarity of that top shot. Though I agree with you about wondering why there were so many people attending to an ankle injury.
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| 11:28:57 AM - Mon, Jul 26th 2010 |
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| Both are really great photos squad! That is one small operating room.
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| 9:51:33 AM - Thu, Apr 14th 2011 |
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| The clarity of those photos is wonderful.
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Edited On 11:55:59 AM - Thu, Apr 14th 2011 by M-Explorer
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| 11:44:52 AM - Thu, Apr 14th 2011 |
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| I agree, very nice photos! I really like the one of the guys playing cards.
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| 9:39:03 AM - Wed, Jun 22nd 2011 |
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| Those are some clear looking photos. On the one hand they're cool because of they show what it looked like on an active ward. They're also sad on the other hand because of the subject matter.
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| 3:19:39 AM - Sat, Jun 25th 2011 |
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Quote:M-Explorer Wed 22nd 4:39 amThose are some clear looking photos. On the one hand they're cool because of they show what it looked like on an active ward. They're also sad on the other hand because of the subject matter.
These were scanned on the lower end & still came out good, the negatives are in pretty good shape fortunately. I'm sure if these types of photos were in the state archives they'd make sure no one ever saw them knowing how things work in Illinois sometimes.
Here are 2 happier ones from the 1958 4th of July picnic. I can only imagine how they managed the crowd, the hospital still had about 8,000 patients.
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| 4:14:33 AM - Sat, Jul 2nd 2011 |
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A couple more recent photos from Chicago paper archives,
Bowen Building in 1958, this was the "acute hospital" for patients.
Administration Building photo from 1939, the Bowen Building behind it to the right. On the back it says something about an investigation into abuse of patients.
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| 4:21:03 PM - Wed, Jul 6th 2011 |
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| Very nice. I like seeing the photos of picnics and celebrations on the hospital lawns.
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| 5:45:48 PM - Wed, Jul 6th 2011 |
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I agree, it's cool to see a little bit of the positive side to these places when you know how dismal day-to-day life must have been. I can't imagine how nice these fairs/celebrations must have been to the patients! I'm sure most of you have probably seen the similar photos from Danvers (I think MikeD originally found them).
Also, I wanted to mention something about Squad's photos. Most of the patients pictured seem to be elderly. Let us not forget that the modern invention of nursing homes and hospice's is something relatively new. Up until fairly recently elder/feeble/disabled members of the family had two options; to move in with a relative and be cared for, possibly with the partial assistance of a professional or go to a state hospital. One of the big reasons for overcrowding at state hospitals was because they became a dumping ground for the elderly, especially in cases of dementia, Alzheimer’s and other common ailments of older people. A very large portion of Danvers towards the end was dedicated to geriatric care, and the famous Bldg. 93 at Kings Park in NY was a geriatric ward. One of the few positive results of the deinstitutionalization phase of mental healthcare was the long deserved separation of geriatric care from mental healthcare. For far too long they were comingled.
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| 3:56:05 AM - Thu, Jul 7th 2011 |
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I don't know why finding photos of patients outside doing something other then being miserable are so hard to find, strange.
Good point about the elderly patients. Most were "warehoused" there since their families didn't want to take them in. Going through death certificates after the 1940s, most deaths were patients over the age of 65 & had been in a state hospital for many years. It is still a problem today with most nursing homes not having open beds or the patient only having Medic-care & limiting their choices, especially if they have dementia or Alzheimer's. There's probably 20-25 at ESH only because they have no other place to go or are waiting for an opening at the VA.
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