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Padlock - Heart-Shaped with Key, circa 1867
Reg. No: SH 850012
- Summary:
- Padlock and key, used at Ararat Mental Asylum, a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1867.
- Description:
- Padlock is a heart shape and has an iron hasp. When key is held up it is like a "Y" shape.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Aradale Mental Hospital (Ararat Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 9.00 cm (Height), 6.00 cm (Width), 7.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | locks keys, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric hospitals, security doors |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | building fittings |
| Place & Date Used: | Aradale Mental Hospital (Ararat Asylum), Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1867 or later |
| References: | Card with exhibit. Oral history. |
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