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This is more lonely than the chairs.

thas room is exactly as big as my room where i actually live in. but it has two windows, my room has only one, so i would prefer that room with the two windows. but to be honest, the daylight room is my absolute favorite room. hehe

My guess? Air_Exchange units.

In one of the labs there is a drawer full of wax blocks with brain-tissue samples imbedded in the wax. There are hundreds of brain-chunks there and I wonder why. There's also an "Animals" room on the top floor of the lab/administration building.

Eastern State School and Hospital was demolished two years ago and a brand new Loews and a Wal-Mart stand on it's grounds now. The main hospital building was stripped down to it's steel skeleton and was rebuilt as a private communications college. The soda fountain, the smokestack, everything's gone.

Timmers, security doesn't go in the buildings ever, and the Philadelphia Police seldom do either. They will if taunted or provoked, but for the most part they don't. If you read Motts intro-story, the Police spotted us on our visit but failed to pursue us.

Thank you muchly, Autumn Twin. I don't trust these online translators very much and I had to try to remember the little Latin I learned in school...you would've thought I'd know more since I went to a Catholic school...but Oh Well! I was too busy concentrating on Spanish! Latin is a dead language anyway...(it's still pretty, though)

Not marble, not granite, not jade. Think ceramic tile.

that is from the little people collection..I collect vintage little people,

I looked it up and it's the Connecticut state motto:
"Qui Transtulit Sustinet"
He Who Transplanted Still Sustains
The state seal is there as well. Here's where I found it:
http://www.netstate.co...mottoes/ct_motto.htm

Sort of ironic that not only does it refer to those who came from Europe to the New World...but those who came to the hospital in need of mental health help.

Yippy ! new pics,
I swear, one day I'll be the first to post!!

LoL!

maybe a food dehydrator???

Intense... solitary... the lonely artist... hey, this bed is kinda cool.

Nancy, was certainly not suggesting EVERY member of your group is a scoundrel by any means. But there are a select number of folks from this group who seem very cordial on the outside... But if they want certain fans or have their sights set upon certain fans, I pity those who get in their way.
Though I have never been a member of your merry group, I have monitored your site for several years. And do know several members. As with all collector groups, this one too has a dark side. A few of the seemingly eternally cordial members have been involved in some pretty despicable behaivor all in the name of protecting their interest in obtaining fans.
Usually having obsessions are a fairly unhealthy thing. And one can safely say anyone who feels the need to have say 10,000 fans in their back yard is obsessed. (Yes, there actually are a collector or two who have literally 10,000+ fans in their collection.)

I just found the earlier poster who spouted off of how these fans were worth at least $2,000 and how he seemed to almost request some poor sap to go out and get him one, a bit off. These gyros are not worth at least $2k anymore. A well used one which needs repairs and restoration can be had for much, much less. This is beside the point of the logical notion that they do in fact have value and taking them would in fact be illegal.
As a photographer who trips upon places like this from time to time, I can say they are very unsafe in many ways. Sure some shooters have probably snatched a little trinket here and there. I haven't personally. But most photographers who take a little 'remembrance' aren't doing so to resell. They are getting their treasures from the photos they take and for what they stand for.
I was Not suggesting in Any way that the bulk of the fan collector population would indeed plan a raid to New England to hit this hospital. According to the updates anyway it is obvious that the building has been bought and is under lockdown and restoration. Usually the type of people who buy buildings like this make sure no such treasures hang around anyway. To anyone remotely familiar with restoring older buildings, these fans would stick out like a sore thumb and be promptly removed.
By the way, LH, wasn't even suggesting you were rubbing your hands together planning a visit to New England. We've talked before and your a stand up guy.

Some of the fan collectors do need to step back and take a breath and realize... They are Just fans.
I do have a few old fans I use in my photography. Have always had interest in them. Used them a lot back in Texas in the 50s. Definitely a reminder of a better time. Though do like the cameras of today a little better. They aren't built quite like my Leica rangefinder, but I can't argue with the good lenses they make these days.
Sorry if I offended the earlier fan collector. But just sounded a bit too much like you were trying to find some pickers to go stick their necks out. I just wanted to clear the air that in the present fan market, $2k+ for westinghouse gyros in unknown condition was a bit deceptive. Go find an Emerson Gryo.. then you can overstate value.

I love most all the pics on this site. It's good to remember.