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: glastris at comcast.net > To: phono-l at 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" <funk at insightbb.com> > To: <phono-l at 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