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Photograph - Mayday Hills, Framed, circa 1970-1980
Reg. No: SH 923150
- Summary:
- Photograph - Mayday Hills, Framed, circa 1970-1980. Used in a mental health hospital, Mayday Hills, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1970 - 1980. Possibly used as display in an office at Mayday Hills Hospital.
- Description:
- Framed black and white photograph of part of Mayday Hills Hospital (formerly Beechworth Lunatic Asylum) showing an interior, including a row of beds, close together, with a patients wearing an apron and using a walking frame. The patient, who has only one leg, is walking away from the camera.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, 1992
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 43.50 cm (Height), 35.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric hospitals, hospitals, institutional life, disabilities, mayday hills |
| Themes this item is part of: | Medicine in Society Collection, Psychiatric Services Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place Made: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, Circa 1975 |
| Place & Date Used: | Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1970-1980 |
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