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Title
D37645-6
Date(s)
- 1949-01-12 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In 1949 the Rainier School in Buckley was one of only two schools in Washington State that cared for mentally ill children. As this photograph shows all to clearly, the school did not have adequate room for the large number of children it was asked to house. The beds were jammed together until they nearly touched one another. In the four large residence halls for boys and girls there were 648 children living in halls built to accomodate 340. (T. Times, 1/23/49, p. 4).
Mentally ill children--Tacoma; Beds; Asylums--Tacoma; Institutional care--Tacoma; Children--Health & welfare; Mental institutions--Tacoma; Western State Custodial School (Buckley);