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Handwritten text to Mrs. E. A. Russell
   
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Title: "Indian Insane Asylum, Canton, S.D.," Reverse
From: "Indian Insane Asylum, Canton, S.D."
Original caption: This is the only institution of the kind in the world. Do hope they won't break jail while we are here. There would be some lively doings I expect. I hope you are having a good time.
L.Y.E.
[Addressed to] Mrs. A.E. Russell
4 Goodview Ave.
Glens Falls, N.Y.
Creator: n/a
Date: September 25, 1918
Format: Postcard
Source: Robert Bogdan Collection
Keywords: Architecture; Asylums; Communication; Government Agencies; GOVERNMENT, POLICY & LAW; Health & Medicine; Insanity; Institutions; INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & CORPORATIONS; MASS MEDIA, CULTURE & THE ARTS; Native American; South Dakota


Objects From This Artifact:
- "Indian Insane Asylum, Canton, S.D.," Front (still)
- "Indian Insane Asylum, Canton, S.D.," Reverse (still)

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