Recent content by Judy

Bam! Instant time travel when saw that word Rosco. In 1970s used Rosco gels and dies to produce slide art for AV productions. Haven't thought about those in a long time. Have a clear mental picture of a container of dies.Thanks for confirming my supposition about the knife switches being...

Question 1. What might have been the purpose of the rail around this 1903 switchboard? It was located to the right of proscenium arch. Was rail to protect the board, the operator or others on the stage? From what? Please elaborate.Question 2. This one requires speculation and I need the...

I'm trying to make some of the 1903 Chicago Iroquois Theatre fire more understandable to folks like myself who are clueless about theaters. Anyone who has read about the fire knows how the curtain hung up on the left side of the stage, on some sort of a light reflector that had been used in...

Is same on both sides. I love the way folks used to make even utilitarian items ornamental.

Will get you a pic tomorrow. Is labeled BEAVER 660W.250V MADE IN USA.

I found a similar device in Kliegel catalogs 1913-1965, offered as an attachment for use with their spot or with the spot included. They promoted theirs as a system to create scenic movement such as falling snow, moving clouds, etc. A rotating disk inside the can held hand painted mica slides...

TH 1501 Glass Slide Projectors

Your guess that it came from a Chicago mfr is supported by our finding one of it's cousins in NW Indiana at a consignment auction fed by peddlers from around the midwest, including Chicago. Ours included several metal rectangles with circular holes in different sizes. There were two plugs, one...