31 Comments Posted by Muertos

This is a "Pictronic 500" X-ray machine manufactured by Picker X-Ray. I'm not sure the vintage, but it was definitely made before 1967 and is classified as an "antique." My guess of its date is '50s sometime. It appears to match a machine for sale at this link:

http://www.medical-equipment-classifieds.com/classifieds/view-ad-792.html

These mirrors, and the dehumanizing effect they must have had on the people who lived here, are mentioned in the Lou Chapman report you linked to on the front page of this section.

We had furniture of this same make and style in my dorm at the University of New Mexico in the early 1990s, but they were obviously very old at that time. We used to call them "Gumby chairs" and "Gumby couches."

The first Ice-O-Mat ice crusher was introduced in 1939. Evidently they were manufactured well into the 1950s when they were replaced by refrigerators with built-in ice crushers (and presumably the type of ice machines we are familiar with in hotels today). Some "retro" models are still being sold, apparently.

Wow. That's some pretty hard core decay, when plastic begins to disintegrate. I can imagine the insurance loss on this property was staggering.

Awesome picture. Simple, but incredibly eerie.

The classic Hitchcock "Vertigo" shot. Amazing and beautiful.

Welcome home...sanitarium!!!!!! *cue guitars*

Cold and creepy. The undisturbed nature of the snow underscores that there's no life here, and hasn't been any for a very long time. One of the best shots on this whole site.

This is a very creepy shot!

Terrific picture!

An elevator annunciator is a device that displays an elevator's position at any time, usually installed for fire fighting purposes.

The juxtaposition of red and blue here makes a very interesting shot!

I read the Newsday article on these murals linked on the other page. To me the style is reminiscent of WPA style which was popular in the 1930s and 40s. The Newsday article contains a suggestion they were painted before 1955, so that would fit.

Even more disturbing are the wilting paper "flowers" on the bulliten board to the right.

This is seriously illegal for the operators of this hospital not to have transferred or destroyed the records when the place closed down. In an abandoned building it's also probably a fire hazard...