A must for films with Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr., shadowy and in black and white; now crackly, grainy, and hard to hear.
But thank goodness for them.
....what do you think, Igor...............
At first glance I thought; ' twisted wreckage '.
Then i thought it was a pair of heels with straps.
I threw all my broken shoulder slings and stuff away during the great house cleaning purge of last autumn, but I may still have a tortuous canvas with metal slat and rivet leg brace designed for me ages ago. Only wore it a couple of times. Hurt. Rivets left green oxidized patina marks on my leg(washed off)
I was trying to avoid being drafted at the time.Sort of regret not having been in the service, but, of course we had Vietnam back then and that changed everything.
The brace was for a dislocated knee that hadn't set right.DR> also said there is a one centimeter ball of bone in that knee that is probably congenital and of no consequence.
Subsequent injuries seemed to have " cured " that knee and I have no pain.
Very hard to get my perspective on this; tight shot. But I look to the lower right-hand of the frame and I see a ' cup '. I can't see, but if it is in someway attached to the machine then it probably is oil fill. Looking at the structure of this unit, that might lead me conclude that it is a vacuum pump. (resembles fish-tank compressor of yesteryear-that would, of course, be the reverse)
looks like some kind of incubator. things like these are used for acid digestion in path labs of, say feces. The hose may be an extractor for nasty smells & vapours.
Notice how white or beige paint often seems to be on top of blue paint in old buildings? I suspect this is because blue was a fashionable color in the mid-20th century and then unfortunately passed out of style.
But thank goodness for them.
....what do you think, Igor...............