Collection Timeline

1896 to 2021

1896
Frames from Bains de Jetée de Pâquis, Genève

1917
Ishihara Charts for Testing Color Blindness, 1917-1950s

1921
"Improper Repairs," from The Use and Care of Motion Picture Film
Improper Repairs
The Use and Care of Motion Picture Film [complete]

1943
"Picture Improperly Framed," from Training Film and Film Strip Projection
"Picture Improperly Framed."
Training Film and Film Strip Projection [complete]

1945
1945-1946 Hollywood Strikes

1946
"The Principles of Four-Color Printing"
"The Principles of Four-Color Printing"
"The Principles of Four-Color Printing"
"The Principles of Four-Color Printing"
"Why the Half-Tone Screen?"
"The Half-Tone Dot in Newspaper Printing"

1947
"Who is This Man?" Strike Comic by Film Technicians Local 683
Training Film Projectionists' Manual [excerpt]
"Keep the picture in frame and in focus."
"Set up equipment..."
Training Film Projectionists' Manual, excerpt

1950[circa]

1951
Visible Frame Lines in Dupe Printing of Nitrate onto Safety Film
Visible Frame Lines in Dupe Printing of Nitrate onto Safety Film
"New Eastman Identification System for Safety Film"

1952
Detail, Advertisement for The Million Dollar Mermaid, 1952

1953
Stills from Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953)
Still from Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953)
Still from Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953)
Ad for Peter Gunn, Broadcasting Telecasting 61
Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones, 1953)
Convergence Relation to the Shadow Mask
RCA Tri-Color Kinescope Tube
Correct and Incorrect Convergence of Dot Patterns
Improper Convergence on a Black and White Picture
The Audio-Visual Projectionists' Handbook
"Keep the picture in frame."
"The Projectionist's Job"
"During the Showing"
"Types of Film Damage"
The Audio-Visual Projectionists' Handbook [complete]
Bradbury Thompson [designer], Selections from Westvaco Promotional Booklet, 1953

1954
"Marilyn Monroe," Sweethearts #23
Page from Projectionists' Manual
Bradbury Thompson [designer], Selections from Westvaco Promotional Booklet, 1953

1955
Page from Gabby Hayes #56, instance a
Page from Gabby Hayes #56, instance b
Bradbury Thompson [designer], Selections from Westvaco Promotional Booklet, 1953

1956
Photograph of "Runoff," Manual of Practical Projection

1957
"Lucky Strike" ad, Life Magazine (11 February 1957), back cover
"Lucky Strike" ad, LifeiMagazine (11 February 1957), back cover
Detail from "Lucky Strike" ad, Life Magazine (11 February 1957), back cover

1960
Projectomatic Automated Projection System, Rugby Theater, Granada
Projectomatic Automated Projection System, Rugby Theater, Granada
Projectomatic Automated Projection System, Rugby Theater, Granada

1961
The 16mm Motion Picture Projector: Care and Maintenance [clip]
WLAC Ad in Broadcasting-Telecasting, 1961
WLAC Ad in Broadcasting-Telecasting, 1961

1962
Blue Marilyn
Ad for Bell and Howell Computer-Controled Film Printer
Ad for La Vezzi Machine Works, 1962
Yayoi Kusama, Accumulation Series: No. F, 1962
Yayoi Kusama, Accumulation of Nets, 1962
1962-1963 New York City Printer's Strike

1963
Moiré Patterns, Scientific American, 1963
Ad for Bell and Howell Automated Film Printer, 1963

1964
Macaroni Girl, Dressing Table, and Infinity Net Painting

1965
Freundinnen (Girlfriends)
Standalone Cone, Plate 52 from The Formulation of a Graphic Language, ca 1965
Figure 13 from The Formulation of a Graphic Language, ca 1965

1965[circa]

1966
Frank Lloyd Wright misperforated stamp, 1966
Thomas Jefferson misperforated stamp, 1966

1967
Faith Ringgold, The American People: US Postage Stamp Commemorating Black Power, 1967

1971
US Capitol misperforated stamp, 1971
Eisenhower misperforated stamp, 1971
US Airmail misperforated stamp, 1971

1972
Dresden Dynamo (Lis Rhodes, 1972)
Frames from Dresden Dynamo (Lis Rhodes, 1972)
Dresden Dynamo (Lis Rhodes, 1972) [full movie]
Mirror
16mm Projection Focusing Leader, 1972

1975
1975 Washington Post Pressmen's Strike

1976
You and the World of Print
Dream Displacement
Detail, Frozen Film Frame for Dream Displacement
1976-1978 Grunwick Strike

2000
16 Projector Film Interlock

2011
Video of Dream Displacement installed at MoMA

2012
Projectionist Abdul Kaher and a Platter Loading System, Genesis Cinema, London

2016
Detail from the New York Times (15 May 2016), B6

2021
Winter Light: Lis Rhodes, Dresden Dynamo (2021)