Photograph
Conditions at Mendota State Hospital
| A woman patient at the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute) who is restrained in her bed by a camisole, which prevents the use of her arms, while her feet are strapped to the foot of her bed. One of a series of photographs calling attention to the inadequacies in personnel and facilities at the hospital. |
| Image ID: | 45871 |
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| Creation Date: | 02 06 1947 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.0945A |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| One of fifteen images. Published in Wisconsin State Journal in five articles between the dates of Feburary 19 and 27, 1947. This image was also published in Milwaukee Sentinel, March 3, 1947. |
| Furniture |
| Clothing and dress |
| Patients |
| Psychiatric hospitals |
| Women |
| Indoor photography |
| Medical supplies |
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