Title:

Central kitchen at Western Oklahoma Hospital

Creator:

Tapscott, George

Date:

27 July 1946

Description:

This photo accompanied Part 3 (27 September 1946) of Gorman's report on Oklahoma state psychiatric hospitals. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "The central kitchen at Western Oklahoma hospital was the dirtiest of any mental institution visited in the state. Foot-long gaps in the floor, broken pipes, a shed-like ceiling which keeps out all air, and dirty rags strewn about make it a health menace.". NOTE: The original photograph was retouched to obscure the faces of the people in the photograph.

Periodical:

Daily Oklahoman

Publisher:

Oklahoma Publishing Company

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Daily Oklahoman.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Health Care Reform and Hospitals, Psychiatric

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Misery Rules in State Shadowland (series reprint), 1946
Misery Rules in State Shadowland (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Vinita Patients Lack Modern Care (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Crowded Hope Hall Quick to Disillusion Visitors in Hospital (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Shock Therapy Helps Mental Patients at Norman Hospital (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Equipment Shortages Doom Many Patients in Norman (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
All Types of Negro Patients Are Mixed at Taft (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Epileptics Get Food, Shelter, Little Else (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Mental Hospital at Enid Is Best (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Public Apathy Is Given Full Blame for Conditions in Mental Hospitals (photograph of newspaper page), 1946
Cafeteria scene of women patients at Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma, 1946
Elderly hospital patients at Eastern Oklahoma Hospital, 1946
Ward for violent female mental patients at Central State Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma, 1946
Dayroom scene of patients at the State Hospital for the Negro Insane at Taft, Oklahoma, 1946

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Tapscott, George. [Central kitchen at Western Oklahoma Hospital]. Daily Oklahoman, (27 July 1946). Photographic Print. 1 Image.. Daily Oklahoman. UI (NLM). TGBBGZ. TGBBGZ

Legacy ID:

TGBBHL

NLM ID:

101743403X112

Profiles Collection:

The Mike Gorman Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X112

Story Section:

From Journalist to Crusader: Exposing the "Snake Pits" in Oklahoma and Beyond, 1946-1953