Old School Wooden Loft Blocks

[Jojomonkeyking]

I was doing a walking tour of an old theatre originally built circa 1925 and came across some of these old blocks that had been decommissioned in the 90s but I was curious if anyone had ever seen these before or knew what company might have made them?

These were found in northern Missouri.



Thanks!

 

[Footer]

They look home made/one off to me.

 

[tprewitt]

I've seen them or similar versions in lots of old theaters. I've never seen any sort of identification marks. Jay Glerum could probably tell you all you ever wanted to know about them, jayglerum.com.

 

[JohnD]

This is from the J.R. Clancy facebook page.

EDIT: Caption states it was in a theatre built in 1918.

 

[BattsAVL]

A lot of these rigging products were made in the house when it was built or often by craftsmen in the towns where the theaters went up. In the town my business is located, there was actually a company that existed for about 15 years in the early 1900s that built all kinds of stage equipment for the many theaters that existed back then. Just last year we were doing some rigging work and ran across a few of these blocks labeled "Denison Theater Company."

Mark