Solarium, "B" building, Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Lincoln
Description
Two nurses in uniform dresses, aprons and caps stand at the far end of a large, light-filled room in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. Twin metal-frame beds line the three visible sides of the room, only two at the far end have patients in them. Striped roller shades hang at the windows, and small tables with linens and potted plants, rocking chairs and divider screens sit around the room.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Twenty-third Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Lincoln, Nebraska" In Second Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 236-237.
Historical Notes
For the year ending November 30, 1915 there were 889 patients, 398 males and 491 females, and for the year ending November 30, 1916 there were 917 patients, 402 males and 515 females.
