Most likely they were used for "sing alongs" between acts. They would be projected on a screen from a magic lantern and the audience would participate. Later, when animation came to be used, they added a "bouncing ball" to make it easier to follow the music.
I assume Len Spencer owned a theatre somewhere named the Lyceum, most likely in his hometown or wherever his home base was. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael funk" <f...@insightbb.com> To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum >I was cleaning out some boxes I had with old phono materials in them and > came across a tin box full of glass slides illustrating lyrics or photos > to > a song. The box in embossed "property of Len Spencer's Lyceum". How would > these have been used at the Lyceum? To accompany singers and phonograph > records as they played? Is it possible there was also an arcade that with > a > coin op machine that played a record and showed the glass slides (like a > kinetescope)? I was not able to find anything with Google. Thanks in > advance for your help, > > > > > > P.S. Mike and I had a fun project yesterday. We had bought a huge Nipper > at > Stanton's that has a speaker fixed inside with a screen in his neck area. > We were able to combine the old speaker wire with new wire and hook it up > to > a CD player. We were thrilled to hear Fred Van Epps coming from Nipper! > > > > > > Suellen > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
