Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]powerful in their disarming quiet Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 3, 2009, at 9:26 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/skalte/Lunatic+House-1.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/skalte/Lunatic+House-2.jpg.html > > In Ohio, the Wood County Historical Society Museum is located in > the old county home, the "poorhouse". On the grounds is the old > "Lunatic House" where people were housed then there weren't any > better ideas about what to do with them. One could be housed in the > Lunatic House for such "disturbances" as chronic fighting to post- > partum depression to masturbation to epilepsy, in addition to > illnesses we recognize today as true, serious mental illness. It > also served as temporary jail space when the jail was full. It was > state of the art for the times and probably as humane as could be > expected for the turn of the 20th century. Its last occupancy was > sometime in the early 1960s. > > > > C&C as always.... > > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information