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A document that states the Mattress Factory existed around 1900. Gives value of the building and it's estimated replacement cost. Worth $1,500. Replacement cost $8,000.

Mattress and Broom labor costs are added together under "shops".

This annual report explains the Mattress Factory as part of a more simple form of occupational therapy. It names this "industrial therapy".

$185.85 was spent on mattresses during this year.

There was an additional $32.70 spent on mattresses during this year.

Notes moving the mechanical work shops to the valley lying below and easterly from the line of Barnwell street. This matches up with the current location of the Mattress Factory.

It notes the purchase of $30 of cotton and $112 of duck remnants. These are materials that were used to re-purpose mattresses. This voucher is for July.

$82.50 spent on bedsprings during this year.

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.

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