St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

Industrial therapist Edmund Sandeen presents a St. Peter State Hospital display that tells the story of the institution’s industrial therapy program, ca. 1950.

St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1950

St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1950

St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1950.

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

Employees of the St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota) cutting ice on the Minnesota River, next to the hospital, January 1940.

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1938.

Ironing room inside St. Peter State Hospital

Ironing room inside St. Peter State Hospital

The ironing room in St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1938.

Corridor inside St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1938

Corridor inside St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1938

Corridor inside St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), showing barred cell doors and windows, ca. 1938.

Sheep grazing on the grounds of St. Peter State Hospital

Sheep grazing on the grounds of St. Peter State Hospital

Sheep grazing on the grounds of St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1925. Its name had changed from the Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane in 1893.

Greenhouse at St. Peter Hospital

Greenhouse at St. Peter Hospital

The greenhouse at the St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1925.

St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1920

St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1920

The main administration building at St. Peter State Hospital, ca. 1920.

Asylum for the Dangerously Insane at St. Peter State Hospital

Asylum for the Dangerously Insane at St. Peter State Hospital

The ADI (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) at St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), 1917.

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