Brass Tag

[shane41]

Here is a pic of the brass tag I found in Wisconsin that I posted yesterday 9/11/06

 

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[dg39]

More than likely the tag for the key to ward B at the hospital.... The key was attached to it.
DG

 

[stefen]

Historically, there was a Mental Hospital located in the City of Camarillo, California...located along the coast southeasterly of Santa Barbara. (Ventura County)

Either there is more than one Camarillo State Mental Hospital or the brass tag is a long ways from home.

 

[MiddenMonster]

More than likely the tag for the key to ward B at the hospital.... The key was attached to it.

Maybe it's a patient tag, and a mental patient was attached to it...

Here's some info you might find interesting:

http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=urbanx;action=display;num=1070638967

There are a few responses mentioning that tag and "Ward B":

on Oct 26th, 2004, 6:26am, Lazarus wrote:
This is what brought me to this forum! About 10 years ago I bought a oval Brass tag from Camarillo State Mental Hospital - Ward B and have been using it as a key ring ever since. I don't know anything else about it and am trying to find out more. I'd love to see some photographs of Camarillo.

Ward B was a men's barracks area which predominately held alcoholics and non-violent patients. "

 

[dg39]

More than likely the tag for the key to ward B at the hospital.... The key was attached to it.

Maybe it's a patient tag, and a mental patient was attached to it...

..I needed a good laugh tonight before they put me back in my cage.

 

[Michelle]

More than likely the tag for the key to ward B at the hospital.... The key was attached to it.

Maybe it's a patient tag, and a mental patient was attached to it...

I was going to say the same thing.....http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=112&page=1 It says this place was shut down in 1997 and patients who were not transferred to other facilities were released onto the streets.....sooooooo...hmmm!

 

[shane41]

Thanks for all your replies. I am also using it as a key chain. I do get lots of questions about it when someone see the writing on the tag LOL

 

[RevDrJBDTDDPhD]

Used them all the time in the middle to late 1980's

Here is a pic of the brass tag I found in Wisconsin that I posted yesterday 9/11/06

That is the key tag to "Ward B". When we would check into work each day we would get the keys to access the wards we were assigned to. At the end of our shift we would return the keys to security, for the next shift to have access to the wards.

I did my internship as a Psychotherapist at Camarillo State Mental Hospital which at the time was across the freeway from Everest & Jennings wheelchairs. Now neither exists in Camarillo, the hospital is now California State University Channel Islands and Everest and Jennings around the same time moved to Earth City, Missouri and Technicolor Labs moved into E&J's facility.

Rev. Dr. John Benjamin David Tatum DD PhD

 

[HuntinDog]

WOW.... RevDrJBDTDDPhD
Thank you for the first hand info on this find!
That really makes it come alive.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

After being in a coma for 12 years. ;-)

Welcome RevDoc.

 

[ARC]

HEY ! ! ! THATS MY ROOM KEY TAG ! ! !

Sheesh I have been looking for that everywhere... I knew I wasn't crazy and I had one.

 

[A2coins]

Key tag to the booby hatch

 

[jeff of pa]

Don't Know the Years for Camerillo but I agree with the obvious Key Tag Theory

And this is the Only Hit I Got

• Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 23 Nov. 1949.

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[creskol]

That's neat! I like stuff like that!

 

[jeff of pa]

• The Canyon Country Zephyr (Moab, Utah)
• 01 Nov 1991, Fri
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Nov 01, 1991, page 2 - The Canyon Country Zephyr at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Canyon Country Zephyr dated Nov 01, 1991, page 2.

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shane41​

ain't here any more to ask