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Viewing Rooms

Viewing Rooms

This is where the fathers and family of the newborn got to stand and see it through double pane glass.
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This makes you wonder what the babies that were born and view through this window are doing now. Looking through the glass at some hospital at their own grandchildren or great grandchildren?
missyjohnson
Mon 09-26-2005
It is fascinating to think that this was once a thriving hospital where life once began for so many people. And now it is silent and abandoned...nothing but the (hopefully) happy memories of those who once looked through these windows at their new children.
Scarlett77
Sat 05-13-2006
This looks so like the hospital when 2 of my children were born ; they took them from you almost right away and put them in the nursery where dad or whoever could view them.
Nancy
Sat 06-10-2006
The whole viewing area in the delivery room seems odd to me, seeing as how it was normal 30 years ago and beyond for NOBODY to be allowed in the delivery room, not even the husband. They were only allowed to see the baby through a window such as this one when the baby was moved to the nursery. Was this a really progressive hospital that allowed many people to witness the birth?
Erin
Thu 10-26-2006
I could be wrong, perhaps it was for the nurses to keep an eye on them...
Motts
Thu 10-26-2006
I was one of the last six babies to be born in this hospital before it closed in 1979. It is so awesome to see this picture. I can imagine my parents and grandparents standing at these windows looking in at me. I get a kick out of Missy's comment. Oddly enough one of those babies just so happens to be sitting at his laptop looking at the place where his family stood on the day he was born. :)
OrionFL79
Wed 12-13-2006
HOW COOL IS THAT!
Martymizuno
Wed 12-13-2006
Thanks, OrionFL79.......I was having a very hard time imagining babies being anywhere near this place...the way it looks now........
Amazed
Wed 02-20-2008
i think they would be embaressed
hjki
Wed 03-26-2008
I`m really glad that I got my 3 babies in that time were "rooming in" was normal. My mother told me, that, when I was born, my father also only could see me through a window like these are :(
ViennaPez78
Wed 11-26-2008

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