We can only imagine how much these opulent coffins/caskets cost back in that time.

Motts, I truly believe your idea of a bar with a morgue ambiance is simply genuis! You should seek the advice of a financial advisor to assist you with that. My financial advisor was fantastic when I pursued owning my own funeral home.

I agree with quest. I'm pretty sure it was mainly for the employees.

Nonetheless, if someone really wants to hurt themselves, they can simply just smash their head into it over and over. Violent patients will do the unthinkable.

It is a blessing to have people like Lynne and others who take extraordinarily good care of patients. However, I feel sad for all the patients (past and present) who aren't so lucky and, unfortunately, end up under the care of sick and perverted employees. One can only imagine the humiliation and helplessness felt by some of these patients.

I've noticed that Motts is very handsome. Not just from this pic, but from others, as well. He is physically good looking and his photographs are very compelling. An interesting individual, indeed.

So these strange set ups were supposed to help the mentally challenged? How!?! This room has insanity written all over it. I really feel bad for the patients who endured life in this strange place.

Maybe someone had a "not so good" camera and had to stack up the tables in order to get a better close up picture of the oculus.

This is a perfect picture!

This is, by far, one of the creepiest shots I've seen.

Scary sh*t. (literally)

If you are disgusted by any animal, then stay the hell away from it rather than be an idiot and try to harm it. I'm sure people are disgusted by you and you don't see them trying to kill you and wear you.

Could be where guards/nurses sat to keep an eye on things.

Good job, Tiffany! It's cool that you found this same exact pic.

I agree with those who said animals can sense their own demise, therefore, they seek a secluded spot. Also, someone may have found the cat freshly dead and placed it in the filing cabinet to protect it from other animals. Just a thought. I do, however, hope nobody intentionally locked it up because that is cruel and what goes around, comes around. We should have respect for ALL living things.

Generally, autopsies are performed if there is a request for one to be done. Also, most psych. wards/hospitals had their own cemetary for unclaimed patients. Nowadays, an unclaimed body ends up in the common grave owned by the county (or sold to a university for med students to practice on, but I didn't tell you that, okay?)

Unless you burn in a fire, get eaten by an animal, drown in the ocean, or get murdered and never discovered, you will end up inside one of these chambers.

This morgue, too, has seen its own demise.

Wow, Feds. Looks like they ripped you a new one. As for Keith's grandma, I am amazed at the items she has collected over time. Did Jeffrey Dahmer ever buy any barrels from your grandma back in the day? Sounds like the ones he had in his apartment.

Perhaps, glass?

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that it may be a soap dispenser. I agree that it may relate to a phone line.

Keep in mind that other people besides Motts may have entered the building. Meaning, they may have moved around certain items (such as the puzzle) and we just assume that those items were left in those exact spots by the employees or patients of that particular era.

Thank you, Lynne, for the info. you provide on a lot of these photographs. It is nice to know that a knowledgeable person is willing to share with the rest of us who wonder about some of these things. Again, many thanks.

Amazing. Simply amazing how so many people use up space by making comments with useless info. Thank you Amy for making an interesting comment. The rest of you just need to exchange email addys so you can blast away with silliness.

Straps, restraints, support, whatever you want to call them, they were and are used for one purpose. To keep the patient in their gosh darn seat! Some patients are violent and some are simply weak. Nonetheless, rules were different back then compared to now. Nowadays, you can get sued for simply looking at someone in a "wrong" way. Hospitals and institutions must be very careful on how they handle and speak about their patients. Also, some people get very easily insulted on how you describe a certain situation, so please be careful and unfortunately, you must always walk on eggshells because there is always someone out there just dying to get on your case for insensitivity.