Kansas City Slide Co & Boulder Theatre Lantern Slide Collection

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Kansas City Slide Co & Boulder Theatre Lantern Slide Collection

Entry/Object ID

MS.191

Scope and Content

Kansas City Slide Co & Boulder Theatre Lantern Slide Collection This collection holds 93 theatrical lantern slides used at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder City, Nevada, during the early twentieth century. Designed by Robert Boller of the Kansas City-based Boller Brothers architectural firm, the Boulder Theatre opened in 1932 during the height of “magic lantern” slide use in American theaters. Box 3 contains assorted materials related to the type of film projector used at the Boulder Theatre beginning in the 1930s: invoices, instruction manuals, projection room checklists, standing operating procedures, wiring schematics, and installation diagrams.

Collection

Manuscript Collections

Cataloged By

Jennifer Smith

Category

Primary Level

Archive Items Details

Description

MS.191 Kansas City Slide Co & Boulder Theatre Lantern Slide Collection [ 3 boxes] [approx. 1930s-40s] Box 1 of 3 ff no. 1. Archie C. Grant for State Senate; (1) 2. Bill O’Hara “My Tailor” Union Made Clothes; (3) 3. Bill Royer, Intelligently Planned Insurance Program; (2) 4. Boulder Cabinet Shop; (2) 5. Boulder Cafe; (1) 6. Boulder City Builders Supply Co.; (15) 7. Boulder Dam Hotel; (1) 8. Boulder Dam Service Bureau; (2) 9. Boulder Furniture & Upholstery; (1) 10. Boulder City Laundry; (2) 11. Boulder City Motors; (1) 12. C.D. Potts - Licensed Paint contractor; (1) 13. Central Market; (3) 14. Desert Beauty Salon; (2) 15. Frank Agasim, Optometrist; (1) 16. Frank McNamee - Lieutenant Governor; (1) 17. George Hansmann’s Jewel Box - Watch and Jewelry Repairing; (1) 18. Green Hut Cafe; (1) 19. Hayward’s Flower Shop; (4) 20. J.M. (Jack) Higgins - Democratic candidate for Assemblyman; (1) 21. Las Vegas Mattress Factory; (1) Box 2 of 3 ff no. 1. Manix Dept. Store; (8) 2. Reservation Grill; (1) 3. Sun Valley Bus Lines Inc. (1) 4. The Sweet Shop; (2) 5. Theatre Candy Shop; (3) 6. Uptown Hardware; (15) 7. Webb Construction; (16) 8. (3) neg. Slides: (2)- Green Hut Cafe and (1) Central Market Box 3 of 3 Container list Film Projector Materials 1. Simplex projector materials – 1946 2. Boulder Theater invoices – 1971, 1990 3. Projection booth checklists and SOPs 4. Wiring diagrams - volume control --1948 5. Wings assembly diagram -- 1941 6. Change-over schematic -- 1948; Transducer installation diagram -- 1970 7. Buck pumps installation instructions -- 1970 8. Copper-oxide Rectifier instructions 9. Lemco automatic emergency light 10. Wiring schematic 11. "In Emergency" sign 12. Instructions for use of 35 mm. film (in Italian) 13. Installation of the Model R-1220-2 Silicon Exciter Lamp Supply -- 1967 14. National Theatre Supply Branches 15. How to thread 35 mm. film 16. Century Projector manual 17. The New Victory Carbons -- Save copper for war needs -- 1942 18. Preliminary instructions for Simplex intermediate high arc and single phase rectifier 19. Griswold Film Splicer Manual -- 1926 20. Simplex projector information -- 1941ff 21. Parts List -- Super Simplex Projector -- 1945 22. Parts List -- Peerless Magnarc Cinearc Projector -- 1956 23. Instructions Peerless Magnarc Cinearc Projector -- 1962 24. Neumade replacement parts catalog -- 1987 25. Instructions -- Christie Autowind 2 -- 1973 26. Manual -- Christie Autowind 3R -- 1989 * CD - Boulder Theater Advertising Slides: collection 0206:0001-0206:0093

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Rolling Rack 4

Date

May 18, 2026

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 18, 2026

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 19, 2026