The empty day room at Cambridge State Hospital’s Boswell Hall, 1970s. From a collection of photographs used as evidence in Welsch v. Likins, 1973.

The back of a building at Cambridge State Hospital, 1970s. From a collection of photographs used as evidence in Welsch v. Likins, 1973.

Children eat a meal in Cottage 7 of Cambridge State Hospital, ca. 1969. The image is a still from a digitized film reel in the Cambridge State Hospital audio-visual materials, 1923–1984 (State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul). The image appears at 38:22. http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00180/digital/gr00180-003_w.mp4

Inmates in a recreation room of Cambridge State Hospital’s Cottage 5, 1970s. From a collection of photographs used as evidence in Welsch v. Likins, 1973.

Room and patients inside Fergus Falls State Hospital for the Insane, ca. 1900.

Rochester State Hospital grounds, 1890s.

Rochester State Hospital (Rochester, Minnesota), 1890s.

The former administration Building of the Willmar Hospital Farm for Inebriates (1700 Technology Drive NE), now the MinnWest Technology Campus, Willmar, Minnesota. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 21, 2017.

Plate used at Willmar State Hospital. Dates of manufacture and use unknown.

Bird’s-eye view showing the buildings of Willmar State Hospital, 1943.