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12 December 13, 2013

Cupid Repaired, 1963
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Cupid Repaired, 1963

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Cupid Repaired, 1963

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Fifty years ago today, this news story appeared in the Oregon Statesman newspaper: After being knocked over twice by vandals, this statue-fountain of cupid was replaced on the Oregon State Hospital grounds Thursday by [...]

10 October 5, 2012

Artifact T2009.002.399
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Artifact T2009.002.399

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Artifact T2009.002.399

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T2009.002.399 This item was found in the Gold Room of the Oregon State Hospital. Do you know what it is, what it does or where it might have been used in the hospital? Leave [...]

08 August 26, 2012

Shampaine Company Operating Table
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Shampaine Company Operating Table

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Shampaine Company Operating Table

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The property tag on this operating table shows it was used at the Oregon State Hospital, but beyond that we didn’t know too much more about it. So we decided [...]

07 July 9, 2012

Tennis Racket, 2012.001.006
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Tennis Racket, 2012.001.006

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Tennis Racket, 2012.001.006

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With Wimbledon wrapping up, we thought we would highlight this very interesting piece of tennis history found in the recreational therapy supplies at the Oregon State Hospital. The most striking [...]

06 June 11, 2012

Artifact Spotlight: T2009.002.0386
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Artifact Spotlight: T2009.002.0386

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Artifact Spotlight: T2009.002.0386

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These plates were inventoried in the Gold Room in 2010.

04 April 30, 2012

Lipiodol Lafay

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T2009.002.487 and T2009.002.467 are boxes of Lipiodol Lafay distributed by the E. Fougera & Co., Inc made in cooperation with the Andre Guerbet & Company. "A stable iodine addition product of poppyseed oil" used for [...]

04 April 16, 2012

Television Unveiled

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At the last museum board meeting, this newly restored television set was presented. The television appeared in the baseball scene of the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” where the character McMurphy famously announces the [...]

04 April 9, 2012

Bird’s Eye View

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T2009.002.427.109 Aerial Photograph, Oregon State Hospital, sometime between 1951 and 1973. Photograph from the collections of the Oregon State Hospital. Image is taken from the southwestern corner facing towards the northeast. The large white building [...]

11 November 7, 2011

Applebaum Suppository Machine

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The device pictured to the right is a suppository making machine. It, along with two additional molds, were found in a case that was moved from the old Fairview Hospital to OSH when Fairview was [...]

09 September 12, 2011

DeWitt’s Hair Dressing

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This bottle of DeWitt’s Fragrant Hair Dressing was found in a box of old medicine bottles from the Eastern Oregon State Hospital. E.C. DeWitt & Company was in operation as early as 1906. Trademark records [...]