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State hospital, Utica, N.Y. – Antique Print

State hospital, Utica, N.Y., [1905?] — historic photograph
State hospital, Utica, N.Y., [1905?]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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State hospital, Utica, N.Y. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few institutions in upstate New York have a longer history than the State Hospital at Utica, which opened in 1843 as the state's first publicly funded asylum for the insane. Its first superintendent, Amariah Brigham, championed moral treatment, the idea that rest, routine, fresh air and purposeful work could help patients recover. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country in the early 1900s, captured the building on a large 8 by 10 inch glass negative, offering a clear view of how the hospital presented itself around 1905.

Created / published[1905?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 2595" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018751. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHospitals.United States--New York (State)--Utica.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 777 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62247

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