Dance held for inmates of the Blackwell's Island Asylum, New York City, November 6, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 14, 2015.
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engraving
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Dancing by Lunatics - Ball given to the patients of the Insane Asylum on Blackwell's Island, New York, November 6, 1865. - Sketched by W.H. Davenport.
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Harper's Weekly Magazine, December 2, 1865, p. 765.
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