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Theater Door

Theater Door

A very ornate... something above the doors in here.
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wrought-iron lattice with Greek scroll above and what looks like highly embellished floral and garden relief beneath
garth
Sun 01-09-2005
OOOHHH! VERY PRETTY!
JAVA
Thu 06-02-2005
very good pic.....when was this building abandoned? im impressed by the non graffiti and distruction usually found in these hospitals
sande
Wed 07-20-2005
The contrast between areas the public would see (ornate and expensively decorated) and the plain, utilitarian wards and treatment rooms is always striking.
rich_edwards79
Thu 09-29-2005
Its like this in the hospital i work at too rich. The lobby is all hard wood floors with massive, beautiful fish tanks everywhere, and the patient floors look like a fifties nightmare gone wrong, lol
anna
Thu 09-29-2005
Just FYI, the area behind the lattice work is usually used for pipes (for a pipe organ) in older theathers, and for speakers in more modern ones.
Murphy
Mon 10-31-2005
Looks like either Bogen or Argos speakers on the walls between the stage opening and the grate above the doors, they look to be boxes with 12 six or 8 inch speakers each in them. These are pretty typical for a sound system from that time period. Probably powered by a 15 to 35 watt 70-volt commercial amplifier. Not anything remotely like what would be used in a theater today.
Jon Hiller
Mon 11-21-2005
I have a set of Argos MSD-1121 speakers that look like those except they are wider and shorter with the same number of speakers. I got them in a bar years ago. I believe they were made in 1964. They are called; Argos sound director music column with proven "Tanco Focused Sound"
Steve
Sat 12-03-2005
Argos Sound Directors model SSD-1060 series. The longer version the MSD series you speak of...
Lugz
Fri 05-05-2006
What wonderful detailing!
reddll
Thu 07-27-2006
Those are organ grilles above the doors. A pipe organ sat behind there.
Luke
Wed 12-20-2006
Kinda looks like one of those old time radios, my grandparents listened to.
CSA fr USA
Fri 01-26-2007
unbelievable how it still looks in good condition
Eric
Wed 10-10-2007
yeah, the black area behind the grate would be vertical shutters actuated with the pedal on the organ, this is the volume control........ open it all the way to let the sound out, close it to muffle them..........
Dave
Fri 04-04-2008
I agree....pipe organ. I wonder if it's remains are still there. Interesting.
John B.
Tue 04-22-2008
I would love to sing there!
Dawn Michelle
Thu 04-01-2010
Really pretty details.
Larry D
Tue 01-11-2011
i know right? lol i have 4 12" speakers in my trunk
colin
Tue 03-15-2011
Looks like a 50's juke box LOL
freespirit76
Mon 08-01-2011

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