somewhere, beyond the sea State Hospital

ktskts Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
edited August 14, 2008 in Landscapes
A good stop after a long day of driving. Well except for a friend's fall down a 6 foot window well that was covered by vegitation. :(

This was a small mental hospital built alongside the sea in 1910. It was later showcased in the expose book named: Christmas in Purgatory, A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation, by Burton Blatt and Fred Kaplan. It was written to show the appalling condition in various state schools. The majority of the institutions shown in the book were not named. Yet, the last chapter within the book did name one institution: somewhere, beyond the sea State Hospital. This institution was not named because of anything bad, but that it was an example of how state schools should be run. The book commented on how the staff really cared for the patients there and that there was never a real occasion of overcrowding like in other similar institutions.

Over the years it served many purposes, from a TB sanitarium to a geriatric home, and then back to a mental hospital. Finally in 1996 it closed and has sat un-used ever since. Part of the grounds are now a state park and the buildings are sometimes a playground for local kids.

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Close this door!
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Cold storage
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Going up
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Hallway
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For culturing organisms directly from the blood
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Catcher
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You're not authorized
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Daily log
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Don't touch my m0nkey
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Scott
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It ain't easy bein' sleazy
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Wheee!
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Fake Blood
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Vernitron
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And one for the lulz...
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Comments

  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2008
    thats an insane place.

    i like the "Cold storage" shot
    Aaron Nelson
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2008
    What a very interesting place to photograph. I like your 5th photo the best, but all were good.

    Any more photos from this place. I would love to see them thumb.gif
    Mary
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  • f64f64 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2008
    Exactly where is this location? state? city?
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  • ArvanArvan Registered Users Posts: 888 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2008
    amazing!
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  • ktskts Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2008
    AaronNelson wrote:
    thats an insane place.

    I see what you did there.... ;)
    Dogdots wrote:
    What a very interesting place to photograph. I like your 5th photo the best, but all were good.

    Any more photos from this place. I would love to see them thumb.gif

    Thanks the 5th one was my favorite of the set as well. :)

    These are the only good photos I have of the place, the rest are dupes or stuff that didn't quite make the cut. It was rather small too so there wasn't a whole lot to take photos of.
    f64 wrote:
    Exactly where is this location? state? city?

    It's in CT. That's about as much as I can say publicly.
  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2008
    Those are awesome AND hilarious (especially the graffiti...). Great compositions and use of DOF.
    Ron Coscorrosa

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2008
    kts wrote:

    Cold storage
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    Man, if you hadn't captioned Cold Storage, I was thinking "Dr. Hannibal Lecter" eek7.gif

    That place is nuts...

    Cool pics
    Randy
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