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Comment on Maryland State Sanatorium by Pasha Dunn

Pasha Dunn — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:43:13 +0000

does anyone know where i can get the floor plan blue prints for this place?

Comment on Mouldering State Hospital by I Dig Hardware / I Hate Hardware » Mouldering State Hospital

I Dig Hardware / I Hate Hardware » Mouldering State Hospital — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:57:10 +0000

[...] ruins. I asked for permission to share a couple of the photos with you…go check out WardNine.com to see the rest and read a little about the history of these amazing [...]

Comment on North Brother Island- ceramics by Michael Endy

Michael Endy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:33:38 +0000

Nice blog! I also found a monogrammed dinnerware shard in the rubble of North Brother. Mine was on the beach at low tide, along with several wine glasses. It bears the monogram CS, with a smaller NY. Based on the history of the island, this may be dinnerware from the General Slocum, which crashed and burned on that very beach in 1904. The boat’s namesake was Congressman Slocum of NY (CS,NY). If you have further knowledge or insights, I would be interested.

photo link to the shard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelendy/5714414036/in/photostream

Comment on South Mountain Sanatorium, historic photos by Jayne Northern

Jayne Northern — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:10:47 +0000

This is interesting to me, I recently found an old photograph of my uncle and 5 other gentlemen taken in October 1927 in front of cottage F-2. There names were Ralph Fitzgerald, Harold Longnecker, Charles Balles, David Clark, Joe Fry and my uncle George Northern.

Comment on Laboratory & Pharmacy by Jill

Jill — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:14:06 +0000

Wow, I’ve never seen these before from sets of this particular hospital. How did you get permission to go out there?

Comment on South Mountain Sanatorium, historic photos by Vivian Brandal

Vivian Brandal — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:54:08 +0000

I had just found out that my great aunt and my great uncle were living at the sanitorium in the early 1900′s mainly around 1914/15 and their names were Mathilda Olson and Carl Olson they were brother and sister and they both had TB. and were 18 When they died one died in 1918 and the other one died in 1920. We didn’t know where they were sent when they died but found a couple of post cards that my mom had that showed a picture of the main building and of the housing not sure for the women or the men.

Vivian Brandal

Comment on South Carolina State Hospital- Babcock Building by GraySiCK

GraySiCK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:48:11 +0000

I could have given you a tour! I’ve been inside the buildings tens of times (never been arrested) including daytime, nighttime, alone, and with a friends. Nothing like going in by yourself with a big camera hoping you don’t run into any of Columbia’s friendly homeless looking for a warm shelter.

Now they plan on tearing the buildings down. It should be a national landmark… Hopefully we can preserve this piece of history through photography

Comment on North Brother Island- ceramics by Anon

Anon — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:13:08 +0000

Sorry- my sources-

Mark-

http://books.google.com/books?id=KxckAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=GREENWOOD+POTTERY,+TRENTON,+N.+J.&source=bl&ots=M1env8ocDP&sig=ohuHNhOyKQYJXLxPksWLMM230ws&hl=en&ei=SbHmTvGKHILX0QH7h4HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=GREENWOOD%20POTTERY%2C%20TRENTON%2C%20N.%20J.&f=false

Date of closure-

http://books.google.com/books?id=_r9Ni6_u0JEC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=GREENWOOD+POTTERY,+TRENTON,+N.+J.&source=bl&ots=9CFRHkxvCQ&sig=7LzwTNO1cvFtlgI1GVWt-pNGOMc&hl=en&ei=SbHmTvGKHILX0QH7h4HmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=GREENWOOD%20POTTERY%2C%20TRENTON%2C%20N.%20J.&f=false

Comment on North Brother Island- ceramics by Anon

Anon — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:12:08 +0000

I was going to suggest that you contact the pottery company and see if they had the records regarding the orders- but it looks like they closed in 1933. The Trenton Historic society might have the info. Given the mark and expansion of the hospital the year before you could accurately date it from no earlier than 1886 and no later than 1933. Most likely closer to the earlier date, as they would have been expanding the facility at that time. So yes, 100+ years old.

Comment on The Tent of Tomorrow by Kieran Hamilton

Kieran Hamilton — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:40:36 +0000

Some stunning images, I had never seen these structures before so thank you for that!