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October 14, 2006

Underwood Typwriter Keys


Underwood Typwriter Keys, originally uploaded by odannyboy.

October 20, 2006

Dayvan Cowboy


This is all about the languid movement, from space to under the water.

November 5, 2006

Under Control


under control, originally uploaded by macwagen.

Switches that lock down jail cells. West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia.

November 21, 2006

Mixer Knobs


Mixer knobs, originally uploaded by Nathanael, pureCaffeine.com.

January 1, 2007

Interior Jukebox Switches


Switches, originally uploaded by Akerin.

"Note the three positions (A side only, A and B sides, or B side only) for the switches. With 200 songs, it can play a loooooong selection of tunes."

February 4, 2007

Monroe Adding Calculator


Monroe Adding Calculator, originally uploaded by egcd32.

Interesting that clear ("enter") buttons are often on the right.

February 21, 2007

GVG 200 Control Panel


GVG 200 Control Panel, originally uploaded by g7odd.

A video production switcher. I love the "Fail-Safe" feel of this panel, with its differently lit buttons.

March 22, 2007

Mare Island Naval Control Switches


unitrol, originally uploaded by tndril.

Control Room in the Alcatraz Administrative Office

April 27, 2007

Old Ship Engine Room Controls


Control Panel, originally uploaded by A Ditlefsen.

I wonder what the clustering of dials is all about.

May 14, 2007

Fire Engine Pumper Controls


Activated, originally uploaded by Telstar Logistics.

Love the falling man icon in the middle.

May 24, 2007

Car Wash Buttons


Car Wash Series: 4_Button Box, originally uploaded by deaMax.

June 13, 2007

Old Subway Controls


Underground controls, originally uploaded by cycleologist.

In a museum in Glasgow.

June 19, 2007

Square Submarine Gauges


Indicatori / Dials, originally uploaded by Luigi Rosa.

Switches and Dials, Oh My


Control freak #10, originally uploaded by Sameli.

August 28, 2007

Racking Controls


Racking Controls, originally uploaded by qwin cowper.

"The Racks control the amount of light that enters the camera. There is always a racks engineer for every programme you see in television, constantly adjusting the cameras."

October 4, 2007

Garwood Controls


left control, originally uploaded by gffryedw.

Colorful.

October 6, 2007

Mixer


Controlfreak #11, originally uploaded by Sameli.

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