Recent content by Peter ASkin

Hall & Connolly, Inc. was located in New York City on Vandam Street in lower Manhattan. I think the street number was 24. They were there- I believe- until the mid to late 1930's, when they were acquired by the J E McAuley Company of Chicago. There's a fair amount of literature out the for...

I was never there. I think you are responding to someone else's post. I'd posted some specific details about Hall & Connolly spotlights, but had never written anything about theaters other than giving mostly generic examples of places in NY that had them.

Ummmm.... What theater are you referring to, specifically?

Those lamps are Genarco Metro Lites. Probably inspired by H&C . Brenkert never made high intensity carbon arc follow spots. although they certainly produced a number of high intensity projector arc lamps for film projection.

Some notes about Hall and Connolly spotlights: >> I saw your pages devoted to Hall & Connolly lamps, and thought I'd offer my own two cents worth. I have a very extensive background with carbon arc equipment- I'm 58 and worked worked as a projector mechanic when I was younger. Most of the...