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A lock on a handle-less door.
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Easily my favourite. Reminds me of a Magritte painting, "The Voice of Silence," I believe it's called.
Navi.
Fri 09-22-2006
I wonder if this door got used very much...... the paint on the lock is hardly touched and you'd think if a key was being used a lot, there would be paint scratched off, no?

Very cool shot Motts!
Jude
Fri 09-22-2006
very Silence of the Lambs
Joe
Fri 09-22-2006
Jude, or it was painted right before this section was closed
Grifspop
Wed 09-27-2006
Oh wow, thats a neat little lock thing. I've never seen one like that. Very cool.
Sam
Fri 10-13-2006
In my country, Poland "a home with handle-less door" is a synonym for asylum, so it's realy meaningful photo for me
Nif
Sat 10-14-2006
Now that is interesting - thanks!
Lynne
Sat 10-14-2006
Wow. That's so cool (being Polish myself). Thanks for sharing that!
Navi.
Sat 10-14-2006
a lock and no handle? yup scares the hell outta me!
kb
Fri 10-20-2006
Great. My front door has no handle. o.O Fun stuff.
Reishii
Sun 10-22-2006
Motts, I think it's awesome that you took a picture of this... it's funny how sometimes it's the little things that make a big impression on your mind.
And thanks for that bit of info, Nif... very interesting.
rach9276
Sun 10-22-2006
The B&W movie "The Glass Key". Mr. Motts You bring out the BEST in all of us.
You sir are a TREASURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEVERMORE
Sun 11-05-2006
Don't want to be the dumb one here, but how do you open the door after you unlock it?
Nance
Thu 01-18-2007
that's really great if you lock yourself in.
bambi
Wed 02-07-2007
Safe from intruders, but not from Peeping Toms!
C-Note
Sun 04-15-2007
I believe the answer to the "how do you open it question would logically be that the doors are weighted or hung a certain way as to alow it to swing easily once unlocked or that since a skeleton key was used mabey a slight pull would do the trick. I find it interesting that the lock cover has 6 flathead screws in it and if removed the inner workings of the lock would be exposed.
Trackie
Fri 09-07-2007
in my house we have skelton locks, and when you take the lock plate off all you ca see is the wood of the door, the lock mechanism is completly incased in a metal case that is then incased within the door. As foe how would you open it, I would guess that you would leave the key in and pull.
Megan
Mon 10-01-2007
wow.
very depressing.

maybe im looking too deep into it, but it kind of makes me feel what the patients felt.

like they were locked inside a room with no handle.

really sad...
D:
Apple.
Wed 10-03-2007
im a nurse and to some degree or another all hospitals are insane asylums,
perishnot
Thu 12-06-2007

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