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That may also be the paper tape maker it looks similar to a punch card machine. Years ago my father had an old Punch Card Machine. Why he had it I don't know, I wish I knew where it and the cards he had ended up as it would be possible worth something now or at the worst an incredible shelf item for conversation since it still worked.

I would have loved to somehow figure out what was on that tape, Like any storage media you can think of in use right now or even in the last decade. They will all be made obsolete and harder and harder to get the information from.

Its a tape dispenser for taping boxes. The tape used was gummed. The bottle on the side held water to wet the tape as it was dispensed.

It's funny, I passed through Detroit's airport today, all the while wishing my lay-over was longer so that I could see my second-favorite city. Fortunately, this gallery let me see a small part of it anyway. I'm glad it's here.

I doubt people lived in the 'pen after it closed; Caldwell NJ just doesn't have a homeless population like Newark does.

I think so. I visited a year or two ago, and almost had to wait in line for other people to get out of the way, as it was crawling with photographers.

No, the fire house, power plant, and Corcoran buildings have been demolished. The Sunburst Building and other structures do remain however, some have been refurbished and used as a college.

Creepy

Wow. Like something out of a horror film

I realize this is a very old thread, but these images are just as wonderful as the day they were first posted. Richard, above, is correct about the ducal symbolism. Also, I just wanted to add that these were not crowns that were ever worn; they are burial crowns, meant to indicate poition/status, etc. Sometimes a burial crown was a duplicate of a real crown, cast in cheaper metal just for burial purposes.

I do not know what those white hanging squares up close to ceiling are for.
It´s been ten years /almost/ now since The Flood Katrina.
Wonder how this place is now.
Dreamt about it. Weird too.

Can you access the site today?

good to hear from ya - mate- as far as the midwest it
has been then usual hot but not bad- my crops are growing fine but news about Bennett is scarce but no news is good news- keep in contact and njoy the heat ???? heh heh

It is starting to warm up in the land
down under so coming out of hibernation
from that chilling winter.So how is
everything with everyone.Has summer
been good for you all?

my next visit to New York will certainly include a visit to this site. Does the fire house still exist should be good for a live in art studio