In part 2 of this remarkable silent film (circa 1920's) made by the superintendent of Utica State Hospital in New York, we see Mary's progress through the receiving ward as she undergoes a battery

This is the first in a 3-part series on a remarkable silent film titled, "Out of the Shadows".

    During my study of consumer/survivor/ex-patient history I took these photographs at

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There are small museums, all over the world, detailing the history of asylums.