Title:
Agnews State Asylum for the Insane
Creator:
unknown
Subject:
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.)
Psychiatric Hospitals--California--San Jose
Description:
Photograph of the Agnews State Asylum for the Insane shortly after its construction in 1888. A photographer and camera stand
in the dirt road leading to the main entrance of the asylum. The asylum consisted of an administration building in the center
flanked on either side by wings housing more than 900 patients. The building was 750 feet long and was constructed at a cost
of $750,000. Much of the stone and masonry building collapsed during the 1906 earthquake, killing 11 staff members and 101
patients.
Publisher:
San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Date:
1888
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print; 12 x 20 cm.
Identifier:
csj_179
ARB-C335
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Santa Clara (Calif.)
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.