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It has also been known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar, as the Western State Psychiatric Hospital, and presently operates as the Western Mental Health Institute, serving 24 counties in West Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its 1889 building was designed by architect Harry Peake McDonald and his brothers Kenneth and Donald.
Columbus State Hospital, also known as Ohio State Hospital for Insane, was a public psychiatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. [1] The hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [2] The building was said to have been the largest in the U.S. or the world, until the Pentagon was completed in 1943. [3] [4]
Most of the images in this collection were published before 1929 and are therefore in the public domain in the United States. A few images were published after this date and may be restricted by copyright.
Opened in 1890, the asylum’s history represents a time of unethical and often-abusive mental health treatment. Today, all that physically remains of the building is a stone bridge and a cemetery ...
Cooke's award-winning photograph, "Ohio Insane Asylum", and others [9] were selected for the international exhibition, The Family of Man, 1955 curated by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art. This photograph appeared in Life's essay, BEDLAM 1946: Most U.S. Mental Hospitals are a Shame and a Disgrace by Albert Q. Maisel. [10]
Springfield, Ohio — At the St. Vincent de Paul Society community center in Springfield, Ohio, Haitian immigrants receive food and clothes and get help finding work. "They're here and they're our ...
So, “Photos from Helene” was born, and that would result in a life-changing discovery for Mary and her family. Watch the video above to see a grieving mom reunited with treasured photos lost ...
The building was completely destroyed by fire on November 18,1868. Governor Rutherford B. Hayes presided over the cornerstone laying ceremonies for the new Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, relocated to West Broad Street, on July 4, 1870. In 1874, the institution's name was changed to the Central Ohio Hospital for the Insane.