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Abandoned Asylums
Author | : Matt Van Der Velde |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-10-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 2361951630 |
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Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, the institutions where countless stories and personal dramas played out behind locked doors and out of public sight. The images captured by photographer Matt Van der Velde are powerful, haunting and emotive. A sad and tragic reality that these once glorious historical institutions now sit vacant and forgotten as their futures are uncertain and threatened with the wrecking ball. Explore a private mental hospital that treated Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities seeking safe haven. Or look inside the seclusion cells at an asylum that once incarcerated the now-infamous Charles Manson. Or see the autopsy theater at a Government Hospital for the Insane that was the scene for some of America's very first lobotomy procedures. With a foreward by renowned expert Carla Yanni examining their evolution and subsequent fall from grace, accompanying writings by Matt Van der Velde detailing their respective histories, Abandoned Asylums will shine some light on the glorious, and sometimes infamous institutions that have for so long been shrouded in darkness.
Abandoned Insane Asylums
Author | : Dinah Williams |
Publsiher | : Bearport Publishing |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781684028580 |
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What secrets are buried within the crumbling walls of old asylums for the insane? Readers will get a glimpse of what these nightmare facilities were like before the dawn of the modern era. From the wretched overcrowding of London’s Bethlem Royal Hospital (which inspired the English word bedlam), where citizens could pay a penny for the pleasure of poking “lunatics” through the hospital’s bars with sticks, to Christian Church Hospital in Kansas City where Dr. Robert Patterson beat and chained patients and performed ice-pick lobotomies—this scary book will rivet young readers while also giving them an understanding of how far mental health care has come. Eleven asylums are explored, with tales of not only what they were like but of the spirits said to still haunt them. Abandoned Insane Asylums is part of Bearport’s Scary Places series.
Asylum
Author | : Christopher Payne |
Publsiher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-09-04 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780262013499 |
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Powerful photographs of the grand exteriors and crumbling interiors of America's abandoned state mental hospitals. For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. The blueprint for these hospitals was set by Pennsylvania hospital superintendant Thomas Story Kirkbride: a central administration building flanked symmetrically by pavilions and surrounded by lavish grounds with pastoral vistas. Kirkbride and others believed that well-designed buildings and grounds, a peaceful environment, a regimen of fresh air, and places for work, exercise, and cultural activities would heal mental illness. But in the second half of the twentieth century, after the introduction of psychotropic drugs and policy shifts toward community-based care, patient populations declined dramatically, leaving many of these beautiful, massive buildings—and the patients who lived in them—neglected and abandoned. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of state mental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states. Through his lens we see splendid, palatial exteriors (some designed by such prominent architects as H. H. Richardson and Samuel Sloan) and crumbling interiors—chairs stacked against walls with peeling paint in a grand hallway; brightly colored toothbrushes still hanging on a rack; stacks of suitcases, never packed for the trip home. Accompanying Payne's striking and powerful photographs is an essay by Oliver Sacks (who described his own experience working at a state mental hospital in his book Awakenings). Sacks pays tribute to Payne's photographs and to the lives once lived in these places, “where one could be both mad and safe.”
Abandoned Asylums of the Northeast
Author | : Rusty Tagliareni,Christina Mathews |
Publsiher | : America Through Time |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-01-28 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1634990994 |
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"Abandoned asylums are undeniably captivating things. These were once proud places of great beauty, founded of noble intent and crafted with the utmost passion, left to wither away, succumbing to time and reclaimed by nature. Literal cities sprawled upon hundreds of acres, formed around the care of the mentally and physically in-need, now forsaken and left to rot. Though disused, they are not without purpose. Within these crumbling walls and darkened wards, we may yet glean some truths, not only of what life was in an era long past, but a better understanding of our own place and time. At times it is within darkness which we may see most clearly."--Provided by publisher.
Haunted Hospital
Author | : Marty Chan |
Publsiher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781459826229 |
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Key Selling Points Haunted Hospital is a paranormal romp of a read where a group of friends get more than they bargained for when playing a game in an abandoned hospital. Think Dungeons & Dragons meets Ghost Hunters. This book features a role playing game called Spirits and Specters. With the popularity of shows like Stranger Things and Riverdale, there has been a huge resurgence of the 1980s role-playing games. The setting is a based on an actual abandoned and supposedly haunted hospital in Edmonton. Marty Chan has many middle-grade titles to his name. He is a tireless presenter and promoter and his humor and hijinks are a hit with audiences. New, enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
Abandoned Asylums of Massachusetts
Author | : Tammy Rebello,L.F. Blanchard |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2016-02-01 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781439655603 |
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This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places—the now largely abandoned asylums—where these stories unfurled.
Abandoned Hospitals
Author | : Alix Wood |
Publsiher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781482459005 |
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It seems peculiar that hospitalsplaces where peoples lives are savedcan be downright creepy once theyre abandoned. Leftover medical instruments, stained walls, and mysterious sounds all contribute to the unsettling feeling one gets once inside. Luckily, readers wont have to travel to deserted hospitals around the world. They can tour them in the pages of this hair-raising volume. Theyll visit the Taunton State Hospital in Massachusetts, Old Changi Hospital in Singapore, and others. Plenty of history is mixed in with the odd anecdotes connected with each, and a chilling design and images add to the eerie ambience.
Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut
Author | : L.F. Blanchard and Tammy Rebello |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781467124584 |
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This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their past and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums of Connecticut--where these stories unfurled.