The Pennsylvania State University, Stage Lighting Archives
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This collection is comprised of wooden patterns and a few roughcastings for early Century designs. The numbering system follows Century catalog entries for the pieces involved. Approximately ninety additional pieces are as yet unidentified and hence uncatalogued. The collection was donated by Century-Strand, Inc. II-Century 200 70A ARC LIGHT wooden patterns of front and rear plates. II-Century 202 6" 100A ARC LIGHT wooden patterns of door latch, side yoke, tilt-adjustment bezel and handle; casting of top housing. II-Century 400 CONTINUOUS REFLECTOR BORDERLIGHT wooden patterns of end head. II-Century 500 250-500w 6" STREAMLINE FRESNELITE wooden stamping block main housing. II-Century 500 6" 500w FRESNELITE wooden patterns of top and bottom housings; iron casting of tilt lock handle. II-Century 501 8" 1000-1500w FRESNELITE wooden pattern of yoke mounting bracket; wooden stamping block top housing. II-Century 502 10" 2000w FRESNELITE wooden patterns of top and front housings, yoke mounting plate. II-Century 503 14" 5000w FRESNELITE wooden pattern of C-clamp mount for steel strap yoke; castings of yoke, front and rear plates, reflector frame. II-Century 571 FRESNELITE wooden patterns of color frame clips and one wooden pattern of an earlier color frame clip design, marked "obsolete". II-Century 576 16" 5000w FRESNELITE several wooden patterns of C-clamp mounting bracket and color frame clips. II-Century 711 LUMISPHERE 9 wooden patterns, 1 casting. II-Century 721 LUMISPHERE 7 wooden patterns, 1 casting. II-Century 816 SECTIONAL DISAPPEARING FOOTLIGHTS 3-3/4" wooden pattern end head. II-Century 819/822/830 DISAPPEARING TYPE FOOTLIGHTS wooden pattern splice box spacer. II-Century 1010 PC SPOTLIGHT wooden pattern--socket and reflector carriage. II-Century 1172 2000w PROJECTOR wooden patterns of front and rear plates. II-Century 1175 PROJECTORAMA 5000w wooden patterns of front and rear plates. II-Century 1211 3" 75-100w FRESNELITE wooden pattern of yoke. II-Century 1500 series LEKOLITES wooden patterns for split-ring tilt lock (two versions, one is designed to fit tubular yoke). II-Century 1502 16" BEAMLIGHT 1000-1500w several castings of yoke mounting plate. II-Century 1515 10" BEAMLIGHT 500-1000w wooden pattern and several castings of focus wheel finger guard. II-Century 1540 12" 3000w LEKOLITE FOLLOW SPOT wooden patterns of tilt swing joint, focus gear housing. II-Century 1560 8" 1000-2000w LEKOLITE wooden patterns of C-clamp mounting bracket for steel strap yoke, hand-grip bracket, reflector housing front chassis ring, and gate assembly chassis; castings of yoke, chimney housing. II-Century 1580 4-1/2" 250-750w LEKOLITE wooden pattern of lamp socket chassis. II-Century 1643 3-1/2" 250-400w PROJECT-O-LITE wooden pattern tilt slide bracket. II-Century 1646 6" 250-750w PROJECT-O-LITE wooden pattern of mounting bracket. II-Century 1671 PROJECT-O-LITE several patterns and castings of various brackets, tilt-lock handle. II-Century 2031 REMOTE CONTROLLED COLOR CHANGER wooden patterns of mounting bracket, spacer for color frames. II-Century 230 LOUVERED STEP LIGHT aluminum casting of front plate. II-Century 2302 AISLE LIGHT several castings of aluminum housing and back plate. II-Century 2930 series TRIPOD STANDS wooden pattern and wooden female mold of base casting. II-Century 2935 PROJECT-O-LITE wooden core for switch box casting; finished casting. II-Century 2950 series IRONSIDES PORTABLE PLUG BOXES front castings in malleable iron steel and aluminum, cast iron corners, and casting of main cable clamp. II-Century 3050 STAGE PLUG cable clamp casting. II-Century 3093 3-WAY FLOOR POCKET wooden pattern of cover. II-Century 3094 4-WAY FLOOR POCKET wooden pattern of cover. II-Century 3200 series T-CLAMP wooden pattern of front half of clamp. II-Century 3200 C-CLAMP several iron and aluminum castings, and wooden pattern for an earlier design. II-Century 3207 SIDE ARM wooden pattern of swing joint. II-Century 3210 2-PIECE PIPE CLAMP wooden pattern of bottom half of clamp. II-Century 2928 100w 6" OUTDOOR FLOODLIGHT--ALZAK REFLECTOR TYPE wooden pattern of socket base casting. II-Century "DESIGN PAT" STAMP II-Century SLIDER PATCH switch box/slider assembly chassis.
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For further information about the archives, contact:
William Kenyon
Director, Stage Lighting Archives
The Pennsylvania State University
510 Academic Activities Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-2261