The Blackwell's Island Asylum for the Insane, New York City, December 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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The Blackwell's Island Asylum for the Insane, New York City, December 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/03/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 11, 2015.

Depicted ContentNew York, NY

Depicted ContentIn New York's East River, Blackwell Island Asylum celebrates new buildings with a ball for the patients

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Ball of Lunatics at the Asylum, Blackwell's Island, East River, N.Y.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 9, 1865, p. 184.

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