Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 1938. Winter Scene on The State Hospital Grounds. Neg. Loaned by Chas. Jarbo. 'A winding road, trees glazed with ice and snow, a peaceful calm--a picturesque scene on the State Hospital grounds.' Feb. 27th. Journal." Photograph of snow covered trees along a winding road. Located on a hill southeast of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on the grounds of The Dayton State Hospital in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_020_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 1938. Winter Scene on State Hospital Grounds. Negative loaned by Chas. Jarbo. 'Dayton Becomes Gem City in Reality: A striking vista seen through the evergreens surrounding the sunken gardens at The Dayton State Hospital, with the Hospital's big smokestack in the distance.' Feb. 21st. Herald." Photograph of snow covered evergreen trees with view of the hospital's smokestack in the background. Located on a hill on the southeast side of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on The Dayton State Hospital grounds in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_029_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery County Winter Scene, February 1938. A picturesque scene on the Dayton State Hospital grounds. From negative loaned by Charles Jarbeau." Photograph of a winter scene with snow covered tree branches. Located on a hill, southeast of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on the grounds of the Dayton State Hospital in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_027_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A picturesque scene on the Dayton State Hospital grounds. Photo by the Federal Writers' Project, Dayton, Ohio. From negative loaned by Charles Jarbeau." The Dayton State Hospital started in 1855 as the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum and would eventually become the Dayton Mental Health Center. In the 1960's it served 2000 patients in 77 buildings, on 1, 000 acres. Over the years, parts of the grounds were sold off, due to decline, and in February of 2008, the state officially closed the hospital, by then known as Twin Valley Behavioral Health Care. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_037_001
Subjects: Dayton State Hospital (Ohio); Winter--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A striking vista seen through the evergreens, surrounding the sunken gardens at the State Hospital, with the hospital's big smoke stack in the distance. February 22, 1938 Page 1 Herald Dayton Ohio" The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which later became the Dayton State Hospital, opened in September, 1855 with a capacity of 162. The hospital was closed in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_011_001
Subjects: Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)