BOB'S HOBBY PAGE
Movie Theatre Pictures
Movie Theatre's I am involved with
Motion Picture & Television equipment
Railroad Related Items
Searchlight Page
MOVIE THEATRE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE!
   Welcome to my hobby web page.  I thought I would use my web site to share pictures and information with friends, and others that might have the same hobby or interests I have.  I will update the site with pictures from time to time to show you things I have done, or that I am working on that might be of interest.
    In general, I love to work on just about any device that is mechanical,  makes sound, pictures, or lights up.  Videotape machines, electric fans, radios, televisions, projectors, jukeboxes, computers, moving message signs... the list goes on, and the older the equipment is, the better I like it!
    Working on older equipment gives me a better understanding of how we got to where we are with technology today.  I love to take things apart to see how they work.
    I like collecting and restoring old film and television equipment.  I have Movie Equipment from 1916 , and Television equipment from 1947, and just about anything else I find interesting.
      Another hobby I have, is to travel across the country, and seek out the really old small town single screen movie theaters.   These palaces are full of history, and old equipment.    Many of these theaters were built  as Vaudeville houses.
    There was a time when every small town had a movie theater.  As the years pass, more and more single screen palaces across the country are vanishing  because they can't compete with the  big multiplexes.  Most of the big city, single screen movie palaces are long gone, but isolated small towns with populations of under 20,000, often still have their single screen theaters in operation.  Most of them were built in the 20's through the 40's.  Many still operate with some of their original equipment.  I have a few photos of theaters I have visited, but have posted most of my photos on other websites dedicated to movie theatres.
In 2002, I restored a W.W. II  General Electric  Searchlight, and have become involved in the history of these great lights.  Go to my Searchlight page and see my searchlight restoration from start to finish.
This year, 2003, I am involved in reopening the Art Theatre in Champaign Illinois. It was built in 1913.
 
 

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Railroad Related Items
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