Grave Marker
Grave Marker
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- Description (Brief)
- For many years, this grave marker marked the final resting place of Bertha Flaten in the cemetery at Faribault State School and Hospital in Minnesota. Flaten spent much of her life in an institution because she had a seizure disorder. When she died in 1905, her grave was located by a number rather than her name or dates. This stark record-keeping practice was common in state institutions across the country. Former patient in-mates, their families, and descendants have been replacing such markers with proper recognition, in an effort to restore their humanity.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- grave marker
- Date made
- ca 1905
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: Minnesota, Faribault
- Physical Description
- stone (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 34.5 cm x 20 cm x 19 cm; 13 9/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in
- overall: 24 in x 24 in; 60.96 cm x 60.96 cm
- ID Number
- 2000.0016.01
- accession number
- 2000.0016
- catalog number
- 2000.0016.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Diers, Lee Flaten and Jane D. Wong
- subject
- Disabilities
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- Health & Medicine
- Disabilities
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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