Abandoned Asylums
Abandoned Asylums

Author: Matt Van Der Velde

Publisher:

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9782361951634

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Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, the institutions where countless stories and personal dramas played out behind locked doors and out of public sight. The images captured by photographer Matt Van der Velde are powerful, haunting and emotive. A sad and tragic reality that these once glorious historical institutions now sit vacant and forgotten as their futures are uncertain and threatened with the wrecking ball. Explore a private mental hospital that treated Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities seeking safe haven. Or look inside the seclusion cells at an asylum that once incarcerated the now-infamous Charles Manson. Or see the autopsy theater at a Government Hospital for the Insane that was the scene for some of America's very first lobotomy procedures. With a foreward by renowned expert Carla Yanni examining their evolution and subsequent fall from grace, accompanying writings by Matt Van der Velde detailing their respective histories, Abandoned Asylums will shine some light on the glorious, and sometimes infamous institutions that have for so long been shrouded in darkness.

Abandoned Insane Asylums
Abandoned Insane Asylums

Author: Dinah Williams

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1597165751

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Discusses tales of the mistreatment that took place in eleven asylums and unexplainable phenomena that occurred in some of them.

Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut
Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut

Author: L.F. Blanchard and Tammy Rebello

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1467124583

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This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their past and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums of Connecticut--where these stories unfurled.

Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut
Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut

Author: L.F. Blanchard

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1439658811

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This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their past and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums of Connecticut--where these stories unfurled.

Abandoned Asylums of the Northeast
Abandoned Asylums of the Northeast

Author: Rusty Tagliareni

Publisher: America Through Time

Published: 2019-01-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781634990998

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"Abandoned asylums are undeniably captivating things. These were once proud places of great beauty, founded of noble intent and crafted with the utmost passion, left to wither away, succumbing to time and reclaimed by nature. Literal cities sprawled upon hundreds of acres, formed around the care of the mentally and physically in-need, now forsaken and left to rot. Though disused, they are not without purpose. Within these crumbling walls and darkened wards, we may yet glean some truths, not only of what life was in an era long past, but a better understanding of our own place and time. At times it is within darkness which we may see most clearly."--Provided by publisher.

Abandoned Places
Abandoned Places

Author: Henk Van Rensbergen

Publisher: Abandoned Places

Published: 2019-07-24

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9789401461511

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"Haunting photographs" - The Wall Street Journal. "Henk van Rensbergen is a hero for urban explorers around the world" - Flanders Today. "As an airline pilot, Belgian-born Henk Van Rensbergen was used to travelling the world. But he found a great way to supersize that passion: hunting for the most wonderful, secret, haunting abandoned places" - CNN. While his crew is resting at the pool, pilot and photographer Henk van Rensbergen explores deserted city palaces, overgrown factories or desolate areas of nature, finding beauty in the decay. This engaging book of photographs, a revised edition with new material, lets us wander through abandoned places, including Abkhazia, a break-away region bordering Georgia and Russia and the newest must-visit for every urban explorer. AUTHOR: Henk Van Rensbergen is the pilot of a Boeing 787 and a pioneering Urban Explorer. For more than 25 years, he has been capturing the most beautiful pictures of desolate and forgotten places. His Abandoned Places picture books (1, 2, 3 and The Photographer's Selection) have been highly successful. SELLING POINTS: * A new selection of the best images from Henk van Rensbergen, an urban explorer pioneer, in a handy format * This revised and expanded edition of his bestselling photo book of unusual places is packed with fascinating new images, including over 50% new material 120 colour, 50 b/w images

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Author: Rusty Tagliareni and Christina Mathews

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467116491

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The Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital was more than a building; it embodied an entire era of uniquely American history, from the unparalleled humanitarian efforts of Dorothea Dix to the revolutionary architectural concepts of Thomas Story Kirkbride. After well over a century of service, Greystone was left abandoned in 2008. From the time it closed until its demolition in 2015, Greystone became the focal point of a passionate preservation effort that drew national attention and served to spark the public's interest in historical asylum preservation. Many of the images contained in this book were rescued from the basement of Greystone in 2002 and have never been seen by the public. They appear courtesy of the Morris Plains Museum and its staff, who spent many hours digitally archiving the photographs so that future generations may better know Greystone's history.

Abandoned Asylums of Massachusetts
Abandoned Asylums of Massachusetts

Author: Tammy Rebello

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 143965560X

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This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums--where these stories unfurled.

Haunted Asylums
Haunted Asylums

Author: Kenny Abdo

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2020-08-01

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 109822227X

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This title focuses on haunted asylums and gives information related to current paranormal locations, theories, and place in popular culture. This hi-lo title is complete with colorful and spooky photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums
Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums

Author: Jamie Davis

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 073873750X

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Recounts supernatural encounters from ten well-known U.S. institutions, including West Virginia Penitentiary and St. Albans Sanatorium, in a work that features photographs, highlights from site tours, and historical information.