Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

REVERE 16 SOUND PROJECTOR

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD, ALUMINUM?, LEATHERETTE

No. Pieces

7

Height

59

Length

39.3

Width

26

Description

1. BROWN LEATHERETTE-COVERED CARRYING CASE WITH LEATHER HANDLE AT TOP. PLASTIC TEXTURED PANEL ON ONE SIDE OF CASE, WITH "REVERE" IN GOLD ACROSS WIDTH. TOP OF CASE HAS BRASS PLATE READING "REVERE 16 SOUND PROJECTOR". FOUR BRASS CLASPS FOUR CM FROM BOTTOM, ATTACHING LID OF CASE TO BASE. SIDE PANEL OPENS BY BRASS CLASP; HINGED AT BOTTOM. COMPARTMENT CONTAINS ITEMS 2-6. ALSO IN COMPARTMENT IS A LONG SPRING, AND A COILED THIN BLACK CORD CONNECTING TO INTERIOR OF CASE LID. END HAS DEVICE FOR CONNECTING SPEAKER -- FITTED TO INSIDE OF CASE LID -- TO PROJECTOR. 2. PHOTO CELL REMOVER. 8CM (L) X 2CM (D). BROWN WOODEN CYLINDRICAL PIECE WITH SLIGHTLY LARGER FLAT HEAD. PIECE OF BROWN RUBBER TUBING FITS OVER WOOD PIECE. SLIGHTLY DRYING. STICKER ON END OF WOOD READS "PHOTO CELL REMOVER USE TO REMOVE PHOTO CELL". 3. AMBER GLASS VIAL. 6 X 3 X 1.8 CM. THREADED STEEL BLACK LID. BOTTLE IS ROUNDED ON ONE SIDE, WITH THREE FACES ON REVERSE. CONTAINS LIQUID. "7 6667" EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM. 4. OIL TIN. 8.2 X 2.7 X 1.4 CM. NICKEL CONTAINER, OVAL IN SHAPE. LONG THREADED LID FITS OVER POINTED NARROW SPOUT. OVAL SHAPE RAISED ON SIDES OF CONTAINER. 5. BRUSH. 14.2 X 0.6 X 0.6 CM. HOLLOW ALUMINUM SHANK WITH SOFT DARK BRISTLES AT ONE FLATTENED END. NO MARKINGS. 6. EXTENSION. 7.2 X 29 X 3.5 CM. EXTENSION ARM WITH TWO BOLTS AT END, WHICH SCREW INTO BASE OF PROJECTOR. HAS SPOOL FOR REWINDING FILM. WHEEL OPPOSITE SPOOL, WHICH APPEARS TO BE FOR CABLE. BODY IS COVERED IN TEXTURED GREY-BROWN ENAMEL. 7. PROJECTOR. 55 X 36 X 22.5 CM. PROJECTOR FITS INTO BASE OF CASE. FINISHED WITH GREY-BROWN TEXTURED ENAMEL. MOTOR AT ONE SIDE; VENT AT OTHER SIDE. ARM EXTENDING UPWARDS FOR FILM REEL; THREADS THROUGH MECHANISMS BELOW, AND ONTO TAKE-UP SPOOL EXTENDING FORWARD. BASE HAS THREE KNOBS FOR CONTROLLING SOUND VOLUME, BASS/TREBLE, AND MOTOR LAMP. KNOB AT FRONT OF BASE, FOR RAISING OR LOWERING PROJECTION HEIGHT; SPEAKER KNOB BESIDE. AT BACK IS SOUND/SILENT SWITCH, AND TWO NAMEPLATES. ONE HAS INSTRUCTIONS AND PATENT NUMBERS; OTHER DESCRIBES LICENCE AND READS "UL MODEL S-16". BASE INTO WHICH PROJECTOR FITS HAS BRASS CORNER REINFORCEMENTS. AT BACK OF MOTOR IS PLATE READING "REVERE CAMERA COMPANY MODEL S-16 SOUND PROJECTOR CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS U.S.A.". BLACK POWER CORD EXTENDS FROM BACK. BESIDE ARE TWO OUTLETS FOR CONNECTING MICROPHONE AND PHONOGRAPH.

Subjects

VISUAL COMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HARRY BOYSE, WHO WORKED AS PROJECTIONIST FOR THE SHACKLEFORD THEATRES. FOR MORE HISTORY SEE P19970071001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING A PORTRAIT OF ALFRED WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD (P20060025001-GA), OWNER OF THE SHACKLEFORD THEATRES. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM MAY 31, 1992. A.W. SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN ESSEX, ENGLAND IN 1899 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1909. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE TRAINED AS A DRAFTSMAN BUT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FILM EXCHANGE AND FOX FILMS. IN 1921 HE WAS HIRED TO MANAGED THE KING'S THEATRE IN LETHBRIDGE AND BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH MARK ROGERS, A LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNED THREE LOCAL MOVIE THEATRES. SHACKLEFORD ALSO BECAME PARTNER IN THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY THAT OPENED THE HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION IN 1924. BY 1925 HE WAS PART-OWNER OF THE FORMER EMPRESS THEATRE ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, RENAMING IT THE ROXY. HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH THE FAMOUS PLAYERS COMPANY TO REMODEL THE FORMER PALACE THEATRE AND RENAME IT THE CAPITOL. SHACKLEFORD ALSO OPENED THE THEATRE IN THE FORMER COLLEGE MALL, BUILT THE 960-SEAT PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND TOOK OVER OPERATION OF THE DIRVE-IN THEATRE AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SHACKLEFORD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CIVIC LIFE, ACTIVE IN GROUPS INCLUDING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE GYRO CLUB, UNITED WAY, LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION BOARD, BOARD OF TRADE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, AND THE ALBERTA THEATRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. HE AND HIS WIFE ADA HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND DOUGLAS. AFTER SEVERAL TERMS AS ALDERMAN STARTING IN 1939, SHACKLEFORD FIRST SERVED AS MAYOR FROM 1944 - 1947, AND FOR TWO MORE TERMS FROM 1952 - 1955 AND 1957 - 1961. HE WORKED FOR 68 YEARS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS, RETIRING AT AGE 90. W.A. SHACKLEFORD DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 30, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20060025001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.

Catalogue Number

P19970071005

Acquisition Date

1997-07

Collection

Museum

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