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Empty Room

Nancy

I really love this shot! Reminds me of an old temple.

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Book Pile

Nancy

BOOKS!!!!!!!! MY weekness!!!!! I would have loved to just spend the day going through all of them!

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Stairwell

Nancy

SESSION 9!!!!!

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Crib

Nancy

We're looking at the place in an advanced state of decay but I'm sure back then it wasn't as "awful" looking.

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Windows

Nancy

----And she waits for the great wrecking-ball.

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Drawn Shade

Nancy

Just want to thank you, Motts, for "capturing" all these images on film; for someday they will no longer be there to see.

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Walkway

Nancy

How long has this been empty?

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Courtyard

Nancy

It's people that "love to party" makes places like these being patrolled. I can understand Motts taking pictures, for I would love to do the same thing, but to be destructive at abandoned buildings; it makes it bad for the others that are just curious or interested in the place.

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Corner

Nancy

Beautiful. beautiful architecture!! Reminds me of a court house.

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Foyer

Nancy

This is what I was talking about before; look at this lovely archetechure. To save one or some of these buildings and have the original equipment displayed would make an interesting museum. Or would they rather let it deteriorate and forget it existed?

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Cotton Workers (2)

Nancy

Actually, I like these pictures, but I don't know if they belong in a mental institution.

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Picker X-ray Machine

Nancy

They ought to "save" one if these hospitals and have all the original equipment in place in each room to tour. That would be great. I love touring old places; homes, ships; and everything is exactly in it's place.

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Buried Light

Nancy

Pennhurst seems to be in pretty bad shape, compared to others.

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Violet Light

Nancy

Maybe, just maybe, some children or people were happy here. Maybe it was better than what they had at home.

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Show Me to the Suction Machine

Nancy

HE'S STILL STEALING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM!!

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Lone Chair

Nancy

Thanks, people; The Ring. Oh, boy, I've tried to forget about that movie.

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Basement Gym

Nancy

At my senior high school, we had to walk through a long, dark, drippy tunnel to get to our gym; and that was a regular school!

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Hidden

Nancy

Maybe they changed the room into something else and HAD to paint over it.

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Shadows

Nancy

I STILL THINK THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD FOR THAT TIME PERIOD AND WITH WHAT THEY HAD TO WORK WITH.

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Children

Nancy

Well, we weren't THERE, so we don't really know the facts; only what was reported, printed, or talked about. I've read alot on institutions from many years ago and I still think they did not fully understand, at that time, what they were dealing with so with each individual person, they just did the best they could. I know there were many cruel care-givers but like-wise, there's always some very loving people, even today. I just would like to know; what happened to all these children? Did they just grow-up and go out on their own, or what? With the way the world is today, it would really be disastrious to put someone on the street and only add to his or her problems. My brother was in a mental hospital, near Pennhurst, and when he was released; which by the way I didn't think he was ready; he was told to make sure he took his medicine. If he didn't, which alot of times was true, he would hallucinate. He wound-up right back where he started. And that was about 20 years ago. He died quite young, never really having a normal or full life.

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Carousel

Nancy

I think back then they tried to do the best they could with what they had. I don't care where you go, you have good nurses or people, and bad nurses or people; even today. I think under the circumstances with what they had to work with and any knowledge they had, they just did the best they could. Even today, mental illness is a very very serious illness and very complicated to treat at times. Anyone ever read a boy named IT and all the sequels to it. Good book.

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Watching the Outside

Nancy

I think many years ago they really didn't know HOW to treat patients and I'm sure alot of treatment was experimental. Look at all the old treatments for ailments during the civil war or in the early 1900's; can you imagine a bullet-probe going in your wound without any anesthesia? Medicine many years ago was very primitive. Alot probably didn't really know what to do with alot of the patients.

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Cobweb Window

Nancy

I must be way behind. There're no recent comments on any of these. But then, I'm kind of new to this site.

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Self Portrait

Nancy

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL POETRY!!!!!!!!!

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Tunnel Doors

Nancy

Speaking of escape, I wonder if anyone ever did?

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