Canada Postcard: Asylum Orillia Ontario Mental Hospital Buildings 1910’s XT5546

This striking color illustration depicts the grand Victorian architecture of the provincial asylum campus located in Orillia, Ontario. Surrounded by meticulously manicured lawns and mature trees, the imposing brick facility stands as a prominent historical landmark of early institutional care in Canada. The scene reflects the expansive development of public psychiatric infrastructure and architectural design in North America at the turn of the twentieth century.

This is a standard size postcard which was published by The Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co.. The postcard was made in Great Britain. This is a partially used postcard.

This postcard has slight surface wear.


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