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REAL Vintage Child Brochure From Psych Ward / Insane Asylum Ephemera
$ 5.28
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You are bidding on one brochure from the Activity Therapy - four in total from this location. Ward from the famous South Carolina Department of Mental Health property (formerly known as the SC Insane Asylum or SC State Hospital for the Insane.). It is the oldest psychiatric campus in the United States still in operation, with a sordid history dating back to the 1820’s.This particular building housed the property’s violent patients or those undergoing psychiatric evaluations to determine their competency to stand trial. This building also housed juveniles.
The campus was famously featured as part of the special “Down on Bull Street” and in the novel “The South Carolina State Hospital: Stories From Bull Street.”
Shipped with USPS First Class - additional images are available upon request. Condition is Used.