London Asylum for the Insane, London, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A glossy black and white print showing the front facade of the London Asylum for the Insane.
- Notes
- The inscription at the bottom of the photograph was added in 1939. A new hospital was built in the 1960s and the old Asylum was torn down in 1975 after being vacant for 7 years. In 1968 the name changed from Ontario Hospital to London Psychiatric Hospital.
PG L29 - Inscriptions
- The London Lunatic Asylum, about 1875. The nucleus of what is now (1939) the Ontario Hospital, Dundas St. East. The Asylum was opened in 1870 under the superintendency of Dr. Henry Landor, who was succeeded by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke in 1877. Dr. Bucke was a personal friend of the American poet, Walt Whitman.
- Date of Original
- ca. 1875
- Dimensions
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Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 20.1 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24cm
Image Height: 14.8cm
- Local identifier
- 32104033409972
- Collection
- James Egan Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.0024188289291 Longitude: -81.2024831771851
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Ivey Family London Room, London Public Library, London, Ontario, Canada
- Reproduction Notes
- London Room Photograph Archives - PG L29
- Contact
- London Public LibraryEmail:research.request@lpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:251 Dundas Street
London, ON N6A 6H9
