Theatre History sites to check out.

We now return you to ControlBooth for the non-Sight-Impaired.

derekleffew said:

We now return you to ControlBooth for the non-Sight-Impaired.

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Hmmmm, I see. I didn't make it that size, that's just the size that the post started with when I started typing. I'm guessing that I cut and pasted the links first and that set the font?!?!

From the facebook group posted, a couple of nice ones.
This one is by Bob Foreman, the person responsible for the Atlanta Fox blog.
https://vintagetheatrecatalogs.blogspot.com/search/label/INDEX OF CATALOGS
And from the AIA journal:
www.architectmagazine.com/technology/a-snapshot-of-set-and-theater-design-of-the-20th-century_

It's even crazier on mobile...

From the Bob Foreman blog, I highly recommend the Mancall's 1931 catalog. I do wonder if @ship knows anything about 3 Chicago companies.

Answer is no! Thanks for setting my world on fire all above to further investigate.

Has anyone had or does anyone have any contact with the operators of the https://www.klieglbros.com web site? Several years ago I sent them many of my old Kliegl catalogs (some of which have been scanned and placed on the site) and a Kliegl remote control color changer. The operators of the site promised to photograph the unit and place the photos & description on the site. To this date it has not appeared. The site is still up and running, but it doesn't appear that anything has been added in some time. Email to them are not returned as "undeliverable" but are not responded to.

Over the years I have sent them stuff but I eventually stopped. They didn't put on-line anything I sent them either. You are best off just posting it on-line at CB Wikke or sending it in a file to Derek so he can if too large. While thankfully an active website and every once in a while something is added stuff to the Kliegl website - at least in the past, I do not believe it to be an active library. Your information given a search on what you want to present should show up on in any search to the CB Wikke that already has lots of old materials presented for research. Just as good or better on any net search in finding the Kliegl website. CB Wikke is a lot less organized as per a website in finding stuff than Kleigl website, but still really good in a web search and CB Wikke has about as much if not more stuff on it - this granted for many brands. Would be better if one website to search for that brand, but not the case it would seem.

There is an interesting website called cinema Treasures that gives history of theaters. The theater I vloenteer at is on that site. You can post history there as well just like ou can here. Check it out www.cinematreasures.org