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Flower beds at the entrance, State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio, circa 1940

Subjects
GardensHospitals & Sanatoria
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Flower beds at the entrance, State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio, circa 1940, Ralph Young Publishing Co., OH, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Flower beds at the entrance, State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio, circa 1940, Ralph Young Publishing Co., OH, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A formal, fan-shaped flower bed of concentric plantings set in a lawn at the end of a curving drive, with two dark automobiles parked on the roadway behind and a wooded ridge beyond. The card's own caption names it as the entrance to the State Hospital at Massillon, Ohio. The Massillon State Hospital opened in 1898 as a state psychiatric institution serving northeastern Ohio and later became Heartland Behavioral Healthcare; such landscaped entrance grounds were typical of period asylum design.

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PublisherRalph Young Publishing Co.
Flower Beds at Entrance, State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio --- POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE RALPH YOUNG PUBLISHING CO., CANTON, OHIO GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. AMERICAN ART" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
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FromPaul Dreyfus, Massillon, OH

Postcard record

PublisherRalph Young Publishing Co.
Series878-29-N
ConditionVery good
PublisherRalph Young Publishing Co., Canton, OH
Place sent fromPaul Dreyfus, Massillon, OH
NotesLinen-textured stock with white border; card number 878-29-N printed at lower right. No postmark — unused card. Divided back, linen texture, white border on front. Handwritten sender identification along top edge: "Paul Dreyfus Massillon Ohio 8-20-1943". Curteich "C.T. American Art" stock, front number 878-29-N. Light age toning, no damage.

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Flower beds at the entrance, State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/flower-beds-at-the-entrance-state-hospital-massillon-ohio-ci. Accessed October 24, 2026.