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Padding

The most interesting part of this half-of-a-wing was probably this door, padded on the inside. I couldn't imagine it being much of a safety measure with this old handle sticking out; perhaps it was a sound dampener.
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The contrasts are stunning.
TootUncommon
Tue 09-01-2009
What a neat door handle
Ferdy
Wed 09-02-2009
A hiding lonely chair!
Canada
Wed 09-02-2009
Nice shot of blurry red fire extinguisher!
Hallucinator
Wed 09-02-2009
I love the daylight coming through the lock! :D
Redinkreign
Wed 09-02-2009
this is no button and tuck job
wanderer
Thu 09-03-2009
I see the lone chair blurry in the background
Joe
Fri 09-04-2009
'Sound dampener'...? I dread to think.
Kez
Sun 09-06-2009
Ooooh, I remember this kind of door of my childhood! :D (I'm from the GDR, born 1983) They had them in the secretariat, and I think I also saw them in old "Polikliniken". I really think it was to dampen the sound from the lively floor outside so as to be able to do the paperwork etc. undisturbed.
nostalgic
Mon 09-07-2009
the padding seems a little pointless next to the metal handle.
Minkus
Tue 09-08-2009
As a Locksmith I can say padding was often added to doors as a form of sound proofing right thru the 60s
Uneek50
Tue 09-08-2009
I need one of them in my college residence, wuahaha.
Arianna
Fri 09-11-2009
this is such a good angle. fantastic!
luna 666
Sun 09-13-2009
That lock is a bit creepy. I like that blue chair in the background
jackieb
Tue 09-29-2009
Thanks, nostalgic and Uneek50, for your perspective and accurate explanations. The reality usually does tend to be a bit more mundane and pedestrian than our vivid imagining of Nazi and Stalinist horrors.
dme
Sun 10-04-2009
i think all the sound would escape thur that enormous keyhole anyway
Lucielou
Thu 10-29-2009
Fire extinguisher?
Dano
Mon 10-25-2010

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