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Mattress Factory is part of "supply division" during this time. It made 3,372 mattresses and 1,828 mattress covers this year.

Photograph of the south aide of the Parker Annex Building taken from a distance.

The Mattress Factory was part of the "Supply Division" during this time. In 1957 it produced 2,476 mattresses and 1,733 mattress covers.

Photograph of the northeast corner of the Parker Annex building.

The functions of the Mattress Factory are only mentioned very briefly now. These activities are still done by workers and they are regarded as Industrial Therapy.

Chaplain J. Obert Kempson (left) and Dr. Williams S. Hall, State Commissioner of Mental Health and Superintendent of State Hospitals participate in a cornerstone ceremony for the Chapel of Hope.

Photograph showing the northwest corner of the Parker Annex Building.

Cost for mattress factory supplies listed as $35. No salary or pay for the patients.

An architect's drawing of the Chapel of Hope.

Lists 4 white males as working in the factory. The year before, the first time the building was mentioned, there was an employee working at the factory instead of patients.