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Some industrial washing and drying machines... and a tripod in back that I didn't notice at the time!
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They appear to be in good shape.
Larry D
Tue 12-21-2010
What is the big white bale at the back by the tripod?
BKW Ontario
Tue 12-21-2010
It looks to me like a laundry bin with wheels. Like to cart dirty/clean laundry. I remember these from my "stay" in a hospital.
Meri
Tue 12-21-2010
I think you are right Meri. Looks like its tipped over.
TootUncommon
Tue 12-21-2010
Yes, Meri and TootUncommon, you're right, it does look like a hospital laundry bin tipped on its side.
BKW Ontario
Tue 12-21-2010
I can just hear the loud humming and the smell of industrial soap.
LucieLou
Tue 12-21-2010
The thumping of the zombies caught in the machines accidentally.
A D Nilsen
Tue 12-21-2010
Incredible lighting
Phiftybuick
Wed 12-22-2010
The washer on the right is just like one I used in my high school gym when I was the football team manager in the '80s.
Seattle_Dave
Thu 12-23-2010
Zombie Washers are essential...

( they get a little "gamey" after a while )
Prancer
Thu 12-23-2010
The 'cart' device is also called a 'hamper'. One company I know still makes them--the C.R. Daniels company.

http://www.crdaniels.c...amp;Category_Code=DF

The machine on the right looks like a Milnor washer / extractor.

www.milnor.com
Gulliver Foyle
Fri 12-24-2010
my mother worked at a nursing home when I was a kid and I remember those machines would make so much noise that I couldnt stay in the room
Joe
Fri 12-31-2010
Between the tripod and the blood bag from earlier in the gallery, it really DOES seem like people were using the building for a movie!
Fox
Mon 01-03-2011
The little blue jug is....dynamo!
Gordon
Mon 01-03-2011
WOW...this brings me back to when I worked in the Laundry at a hotel...and a nursing home. Yeah, I have worked in a LOT of places in my life!

I can smell the freshly washed sheets and pillowcases...and hear the hum of the dryers. I can almost smell the detergent too!

Isn't it funny how Motts' photos bring the people viewing them back to a certain time in their lives...just by the picture alone?

THAT is a sign of one talented photographer!
PaMamaOf5
Wed 01-05-2011
Amazing how these machines used to be so huge back then and nowadays 30 of them can probably fit that room...
Ally
Fri 01-28-2011
One thing I really love at this site is all the info about those old machines, thanks a lot for the link, Gulliver! I´m very into old machines.
Violet
Tue 02-01-2011
That's what our dryer looks like, only ours is that nasty 70's green.
fatepeace121006
Mon 06-13-2011
I wonder if these machines would still run?
Anthony
Tue 02-21-2012

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