Dr. Hermann Reinhardt-1887

Founder, Physician, Doll Maker, Pioneer

The Doll Asylum

Before the great fire circa 1900

Staff and Inmates

Staff and some model inmates pose in 1920

Restrain then Retrain - 1923

Behavior modification on paper (dolls)

Sit and Be Still - 1925

Dolls learning to control mania for tea parties

The Best Care - 1925

1940, experimental limb replacement

Better Brains - 1926

Dr. Schubert with patient #23114 after experimental docile brain replacement. Though promising, #23114 had a Psychotic break soon after and had to be terminated.

Better Brains #2 - 1926

Dr. Schubert performs a second docile brain surgery. This time no psychotic break! Patient #31221 survived almost 4 years after this break-through procedure.

Pre-treatment - 1927

Patient #41223 being gathered for surgery

Human-Doll Transformation - 1927

Dr. Von Lupzig explaining early Doll-Human transformation treatments

Spider Silk Mask Therapy

Patient #35442 enjoying a silk mask - 1930

Nurse Cullie - 1932

Head nurse of Doll Asylum. Disappeared in 1934

Twisted Up - 1933

Pre-treatment inmate

Halloween 1947

Inmate #54332 with her pumpkin

Inmate #65221 - 1949

Axis I Impulse Disorder - 1953

Inmate #723389, showing classic signs of Axis I Impulse Disorder (Self-Mutilation)

Electroshock - 1959

Early electroshock treatment

Early Cannabis Therapy - 1965

The calming effect was noticed immediately but food costs became prohibitive and the program was terminated.

LSD Experimental Treatment - 1969

None of the inmates or staff can really remember this period in the Asylum.