It was in NYC. He suffered a fatal heart attack in his office there in 1914. Google Len Spencer's Lyceum and you will find his obit there in a link to the New York Times. His is the second obit in the column you download.
> From: glast...@comcast.net > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:50:07 -0600 > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From bruce78...@comcast.net Mon Nov 26 06:28:42 2007 From: bruce78...@comcast.net (BruceY) Date: Mon Nov 26 06:27:50 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum References: <000901c82fb0$89a4fd20$6401a...@your4dacd0ea75> <01bf01c8302a$e75a65c0$7d57c...@none05vofc1vwp> Message-ID: <000f01c83038$a5bda470$6401a...@user52c8f93503> The Lyceum Theatre is the oldest contiunously operating theatre in NYC, at 149 West 45th Street in Midtown Manhatten. Per the interesting Funeral notice that I posted last week concerning Len Spencer's unusual Funeral Arrangement in December of 1914, his booking office was nearby at 245 West 42nd Street, so it is likely that Spencer probably owned the theatre for a time, or at least put on programs there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_Theatre_(New_York) Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Glastris" <glast...@comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: > 269.16.7/1152 - Release Date: 11/26/2007 10:50 AM >
