McLean Asylum [graphic]. [1892 or 1893]]

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McLean Asylum [graphic]. [1892 or 1893]]

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A photographic album consisting of 24 photographs documenting the psychiatric hospital, McLean Hospital, when it was located in Somerville, Mass. The photographs show the hospital grounds and the exterior and interior of the buildings. The main building, now demolished, was designed by Charles Bulfinch for Joseph Barrell.

1 photograph album (24 albumen prints) ; album 29 x 36 x 4 cm., prints 19 x 25 cm. (or smaller), sheets 28 x 34 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7793936

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