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Memorial Plaque

Memorial Plaque

Top Picture: The unveiling of a memorial plaque in the front lobby of Medical-Surgical by a General in 1927. The photo is from the book "The Farm Colonies", by Leo Polaski 2003.

Bottom Picture: The same area, 76 years later. The plaque has been removed.
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I absolutely love the way you have been able to find these old photos and then have contrasted them with the same places as they currently stand. Most remarkable!
Lynne
Tue 05-10-2005
I'm absolutely obsessed with before and after photos, especially when there are so many years between them. Thanx for this!
Dalacoop
Mon 05-30-2005
wow, great before/after.
sole
Mon 07-11-2005
THis is by far the most amazing picture, The most creepy feeling. Such an honorable spot now left to dissolve
Brian
Wed 10-05-2005
IT WOULD BE NICE TO FIND THE PLAQUE, BRING IT BACK HERE, AND MOTTS, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
Martymizuno
Wed 10-05-2005
That just brings out too many feelings to even express.
Amanda's Mom
Tue 11-01-2005
The plaque is probably in some souvenir hunter's grimy little hands, right about now
Grifspop
Tue 11-01-2005
lol... everyone in the earlier photo looks so very proud and "upstanding". But look... all falls to ruin in the end.
goad
Sat 01-14-2006
I love photos from the past! Sad how it looks now but at least they took the plaque with them!
Andy
Wed 02-08-2006
Is that a door on the far laft of the current photo? I don't see it in the before photo.
Peaches
Wed 02-08-2006
It's an elevator and if you look close, you can see it in the first picture barley. Great shot Motts!
Sean (KPPCExplorer)
Thu 02-16-2006
Nope. Don't see it at all....
Peaches
Thu 03-30-2006
i was there for 4 months in the summer of 68 and i witnessed this picture first hand and the abuse that followed by our uncivilized nurses
mike 1968
Mon 04-24-2006
mike,

if the picture was taken in 1927, how did you witness it first hand?
alabaster
Tue 04-25-2006
Time warp?
Lynne
Tue 04-25-2006
Is there any one who can actually testify to abuse or torture in the 50's?
drgood222
Mon 05-15-2006
The way I interpret Mike 1968's comment is that he was there and saw the plaque with his own eyes. Not that he was there in 1927.
isabeats
Tue 05-16-2006
I love it when the before pictures have people in them. I try and imagine them standing in the same exact spot in the after pictures. I don't know, I'm just weird like that. I think in a past life I was a ferret.
Keith
Tue 05-30-2006
If you look to the right of those pictures you can see that a partition was put in. You can't see the window that is visible in the upper photo. The floor molding was never replaced. Looks like the pipes below the ceiling were added later as well as the wall socket to the left of the plaque alcove.
Gezal
Wed 05-31-2006
I love before and after pictures. Would be great to somehow get pictures of back then and compare. I love reading books that show you the way an area looked like and then see how it looks like today. Have one on Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor like that and it's amazing how things change.
Nancy
Thu 06-08-2006
its such a shame... anyone know if they took the plaque with them when the place was abandoned, or did someone loot it? damn shame if someone took it...
J.R.
Wed 10-04-2006
What's the creepy shadow in the top right lower corner of the old pic? Looks like a hand shadow puppet, or a dragons or dobermans open mouth. No one else notice?
amanda
Wed 11-08-2006
haha it really does look like a dobermans mouth! wtf is it..a shoulder?
Lina
Mon 03-12-2007
"And so time marches on."
Canada
Thu 04-05-2007
Made this into a gif. Right-click to save it or just click it to play.

http://e.photos.cx/MemorialPlaque-d20.gif

Enjoy.
Hallucinator
Fri 12-14-2007
Hallucinator,

Fabulous! Thanks! :-)
Lynne
Fri 12-14-2007
"And time goes by..."
Claire
Sat 01-12-2008
What a great contrast. You find the best things to photograph.
Jeanette
Thu 01-31-2008
THAT IS AMAZING
Ducky
Wed 03-26-2008
Then. Now.

Fascinating.
Jenn ["Sunshine"]
Wed 03-26-2008
All I can say is amazing!
Lauren
Sat 03-29-2008
again, another awesome capture
Eddie
Mon 05-12-2008
Do you ever get scared before you go in?
And is like a career?! Because I really wanna do this, go takes pictures of scary places.
rhiana
Wed 06-18-2008
These places are usually pretty exciting and creepy. Unfortunately it is not a career (for me at least)
Motts
Thu 06-19-2008
very cool
Dean
Sat 08-09-2008
wow, seeing the difference feels a bit...striking, like I said about imagining people living there...
Coreena
Thu 10-30-2008
My inner U.S. Marine almost stood up and saluted! Evoked quite an emotional response. Don't know why.
MedicSpanker
Thu 12-11-2008
The first photo is filled with captured paranormal actvities. There is the puppet dog like figure and am adult male next to a child in the center of the pic. I have to back and look more.
G
Sun 08-23-2009
it gives me chills, how time has made it's statement.
B
Sat 12-12-2009
Amazing!
Chrissie
Sat 02-13-2010
Still want to know what they one object is in the right lower corner of the old picture. Maybe just a smear or smudge? Old pictures can play tricks on you.
Tenebris In Lux
Fri 07-29-2011

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