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Byberry State Hospital Hannah Karena Jones
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph RC 445 .P43 J65 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Hannah Karena.
- Series:
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia State Hospital (Pa.).
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- History, 20th Century--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- History, 21st Century--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- Mentally Ill Persons--history--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Mentally ill--Care--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Mentally ill.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Medical Subjects:
- Philadelphia State Hospital (Pa.).
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- History, 20th Century--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- History, 21st Century--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- Mentally Ill Persons--history--Philadelphia--Pictorial Works.
- Physical Description:
- 127 p. : chiefly ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., c2013.
- Contents:
- Farm and hospital
- The facilities
- The patients
- Life and conditions
- The staff
- Therapy and treatment
- Activities
- Hospital and community
- Closing and abandonment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line -- 13 photographs for Byberry state hospital from the Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (VO7; DAMS # 9239-9241), pages 16, 29, 38-39, 46-47, 66, 70-71, 95, 104.
- ISBN:
- 0738599085
- 9780738599083
- OCLC:
- 822894650
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