The Use and Implications of Photographs for Mental Health Care Reform

• Introduction
• Almshouse Care
• Early Reform Attempts
• Commission Campaign
• Aftermath
• Exhibits October 6, 1908 Report 
• Traveling Exhibition images
•  Montevue Asylum Images
• Curator's Comments

MONTEVUE ASYLUM IMAGES:

Published and unpublished photographs compiled for The 23rd Annual Report of the Lunacy Commission, 1909

The Montevue photographs contained in the 23rd Annual Report of the Maryland Lunacy Commission built the strongest case for abolishing the system of county care. Commission members had made five visits to Montevue in the space of several months, the most of any such institution, carefully seeking out the most incriminating images. A series of photographs produced in January of 1909, taken with flash equipment, came as a result of a surprise night time inspection by Dr. Arthur Herring, Commission Secretary.