Booth / Cinema as "Accidental Museums"

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

The amplifiers alone are probably worth about 20 grand... I sold a lot of ancient RCA and Western stuff to a friend of Sam Chavez in past years. Got over 5K for one very rare 20 watt Western Electric amp alone, and this was back in the late 1980's...

[Ryan Gallagher]

Here is another installment from the booth back room of the more angry pixies variety (minus the volts/amps/lights panel which is on the inside of the booth). Several generations on display The switch panel in particular references 3 projectors, 2 spotlights, 2 double dissolvers (lower and upper), and 2 scene machines (lower and upper). The resin fiber board those are mounted too weighs so much it never left the booth area!

An era when projection and projectionists dealt with more than just projectors!

[Tony Bandiera Jr]

Here is another installment from the booth back room of the more angry pixies variety (minus the volts/amps/lights panel which is on the inside of the booth). Several generations on display The switch panel in particular references 3 projectors, 2 spotlights, 2 double dissolvers (lower and upper), and 2 scene machines (lower and upper). The resin fiber board those are mounted too weighs so much it never left the booth area!

An era when projection and projectionists dealt with more than just projectors!

Those boards are asbestos most likely. Been painted over, so as long as they aren't disturbed or broken they are relatively safe.

That next to last pic: "Franks Adams Electric, Major Equipment". I used to service the theatre on Catalina Island (Avalon, CA) and it was fully equipped with all Frank Adams electrics, including many panels throughout the entire building. It had Brenkerts similar to yours in this thread, and a Century SA with Nurotic Platter and console. I have the pictures somewhere, and a full set was originally posted on an electrical forum that may no longer have them archived.

[Gordon McLeod]

Those boards are asbestos most likely. Been painted over, so as long as they aren't disturbed or broken they are relatively safe.

That next to last pic: "Franks Adams Electric, Major Equipment". I used to service the theatre on Catalina Island (Avalon, CA) and it was fully equipped with all Frank Adams electrics, including many panels throughout the entire building. It had Brenkerts similar to yours in this thread, and a Century SA with Nurotic Platter and console. I have the pictures somewhere, and a full set was originally posted on an electrical forum that may no longer have them archived.

Most dimmer boards of that vintage were not asbestos but slate in my experience