I sometimes get asked how I found them. Just eBay alerts over a period of many years.
I started collecting postcards of California mental hospitals when I was right out of college. As one does, right? http://alexwellerstein.com/collection/ pic.twitter.com/WcTVGbL3p5
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Eventually discontinued the alerts — only a few hospitals I never could find postcards for, not sure if any were ever made.
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how many mental hospitals were/are there in California?
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Depends on time period & how you count them. Used to be ~11 major state mental/developmental institutions around 1950. Now ~9?
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Where are the postcards of Agnews State Hospital? https://www.pinterest.com/battyjenn/agnews-state-hospital-santa-clara-california/ … Local people I know have them.
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I have some photos, but no postcards, alas.
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Just about spit out my coffee when I saw this. Bought this in August, and *literally* just set a google alert on ebay.
#soweirdpic.twitter.com/UbnR5pQTqX
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That's awesome! A friend of mine wrote her dissertation on the history of mental health in California
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I would say you need a less mental hobby, but this is simply brilliant.
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Interesting. I work at the former site of Agnews State Hospital, now Oracle (previously Sun Microsystems).
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I went to
@ohiou in Athens which is home to the abondoned "Athens Lunatic Asylum" aka The Ridges. Extremly scary at night lol -
Id send you a postcard of it if I had one!
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I wonder how many still exist, in one form or another?
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