Notes from January 2009

History of cinemas in Portland

I finally called a local collector I've been meaning to talk to for the last 3-4 years. The conversation was interesting, only wish I'd made contact sooner. The whole history was there in our conversation, from the 1930s on. Old names of theaters, the union days, Hortson projectors, other collectors in town, as well as little known models of Elmo and Jan portable projectors. James had told me about this fellow during my visit last year, and even then I thought to myself "it's time to give this fellow a call". But the rapid passing of days, weeks, months, and years plagues more than myself. Final word of note was the mention of a book two local collectors are working on. It was the first I'd heard of it, though I wasn't surprised to hear of who's involved.

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