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

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	Muertos 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.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	Muertos 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."

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	Muertos 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.

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

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

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

	Muertos Awesome picture. Simple, but incredibly eerie.

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

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

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Endless Halls

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

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

	Muertos 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.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: The Mansions

	Muertos This is a very creepy shot!

Location: Bennett School for Girls  Gallery: Close Calls

	Muertos Terrific picture!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

	Muertos 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!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Muertos 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.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)

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

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Group 2 and Some Building 93 Exteriors

	Muertos 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...

Location: Cliffside Mental Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Muertos I wonder when these particular cells were ceased to be used for occupancy by prisoners. It must have been a very long time ago, as I can't imagine cells without flushable toilets would have been permitted by health or safety regulations at any time in the last 50 years at least.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Solitude

	Muertos It's depressing to think of who would want to live here, and why they would think they'd have no other choice.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Solitude

	Muertos Stunning!

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Solitude

	Muertos Hope amid darkness and gloom. Amazing, thought-provoking photo.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Solitude

	Muertos This doesn't even look real. It's like a set or something. Amazing photo.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	Muertos I bet a museum or historical society would be interested in those artifacts. If/when this place is ever demolished, those will be some of the few physical traces left of it.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Muertos This reminds me of Alcatraz, the iron staircases leading up to the levels of cell blocks. Great picture.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Muertos Very bizarre!

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Muertos One of the best photos in the whole bunch.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

	Muertos It's horrifying and depressing to think of the sad and desperate lives that ended in these crude little chambers.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour