Photograph
Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane Kitchen
| Freshly-baked loaves of bread are stacked on tables with bowls and trays of other food items in the large kitchen at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Image ID: | 26149 |
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| Creation Date: | 1893 |
| Creator Name: | Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin state institutions photographs, 1893 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 241 (3) |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 7 inches |
| The Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane opened its doors to patients in July 1860. Surrounded by 497 acres of woods, farm lands, and ornamental grounds, the hospital could accomodate up to 520 patients by 1893. |
| Implements, utensils, etc. |
| Kitchens |
| Bread |
| Psychiatric hospitals |
| Indoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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