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Great pictures Motts. I always love to see new pictures from you. Can't wait for more. Do be careful ok. Its good no guards caught you.....thanks again for the small gallery of pics can't wait for more!!!
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I Love the pics you took of this place. I find it very interesting. Its sad that people had to live that way. But its a nice piece of history. I would love to go explore this place. It's amazing!
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This place is something else! It so still looks like the postcard. If I owned a place like this and you approached me and I saw your website, I would escort you around myself! Gorgeous and so nice to see something that is not crumbling to bits. The projectors are killer!
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This is a calander, it had three black circles that fit around each section, day of the week, date number, and month. There was one hanging up at the dance studio where I took classes when I was young just like it minus being smashed up.
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Nice shots of the booth. Notice how the one fire shutter is cocked over the projection port. Those things had fuse links and were supposed to close in the event of a fire. The projectors look to be Super Simplex with RCA soundheads. The lamps are Brenkert Enarcs and the pedestals are Simplex 5-point. It appears also that the lens is a Super Panatar scope adapter. Judging by the spartan appearance of the booth I suspect that movies were only occasionally run, and by different operators. Otherwise there would have been a much homier look to the place and possibly even an easy chair or two.
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Aside from getting work, exploring always comes first, as these places often disappear pretty fast - if I become unable to explore anymore due to an accident or health problem, I figure I might be able to spend more time processing photos then.
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Thanks, no I had friends on this excursion :-)
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Disgusting, I love it!!
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These photos are breath taking.
Amazing skills.
And they're so eerie, were you alone?
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yikes. I'm going to fall into that when I go to sleep tonight. :(
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is this absorbing all of your time, or are you still able to explore and photograph as well?
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Brushie Brushie Brushie
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That's great that you beat the security patrols in! It is refreshing to see a historic site being maintained, or at least monitored, rather than simply left to rot. (Although those have their photographic appeal, especially through Motts' lenses!)
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Very true Bob, this could have definitely happened. Securing permission to photograph these places is an option - however if one is denied access, I think that getting caught on the property after the fact can really hurt your credibility, so I consider it a one-shot chance. It can also be difficult to access these properties without a network of authoritative contacts - most facilities wouldn't want to risk the liability of someone getting hurt or killed for the sake of art or preservation. Even with a waiver, it's bad press if it happens.

I hope to pursue this option more in the future, but I think the odds are against me for the most part.
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Great pics, Motts! It's nice to see somewhere being "disused" instead of abandoned and left to crumble. I agree, perhaps you can contact the owners to see if you could photograph the whole place. :) I loved all of the shots but the projection room was really cool!
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