Vintage Asylum Patient Photos Restored. Sad And Scary At The Same Time

The typical asylum day was long, rigorously organised and highly controlled. bedroom doors of patients were unlocked at 6.00am. Patients were washed, their hair brushed and the state of their skin examined. At 9.00am, following breakfast, they were taken to the ‘airing courts’ and gardens while the wards were cleaned.

Bedtime was at 8.00pm, and patients slept in long rows of beds that were two feet and six inches apart.

Below are vintage photos of everyday asylum life that I restored.

Steam Box, Milledgeville State Hospital, 1908

“Lunatic Chair”, Dutch Mental Hospital, 1938

Restraining Chair, West Riding Lunatic Asylum, 1869

Standing Restraints, Asylum in France, 1900

Electro Shock Therapy, Central State Hospital, 1951

Dance Therepy, New York State Hospital, 1922

Doctors with Electro Shock Machine, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 1923

Hydrotherapy, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 1886

Electroshock Therapy

Ward for Women, West Riding Asylum, 1860’s

Doctors examine an X-Ray of patient

Sewing Class for Women, Utica State Hospital

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