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Glenside [B 7867] • Photograph

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Summary

Lunatic Asylum/Psychiatric Hospital 1876-86. The clock was installed in the tower in 1876. The Parkside Lunatic Asylum was established in 1870 and was home to not only the mentally ill, but also unmarried women and their children, and prostitutes. The three storey hospital was divided into female and male sections. The grounds contained a farm and gardens and patients were encouraged to tend the gardens, sheep, cattle, pigs, pick fruit, mend clothes and tailor shoes.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.6 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1876

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Glenside Collection

Subject

Glenside Hospital
Psychiatric hospitals -- South Australia -- Glenside

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Digitisation information

Date

10/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,249 x 2,330 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.74 MB

Location

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