Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

Mr. [Charlie] Lord managed to sneak a small Agfa camera in his jacket pocket and take candid photographs of the horrid conditions behind the closed doors in hopes to “blow the lid off” the situation at Byberry and in other state hospitals. Lord’s photographs were shown to Elanor Roosevelt in September 1945; she doubted their authenticity from such a cosmopolitan city as Philadelphia. Once she learned the truth, [s]he advocated a reform campaign and wrote to health officials and journalists.

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