Amon Carter print details

The Marvelous Scintillator Beams, Two Billion Candle Power

Object Details

  • Date

    1933

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Unknown

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.r. printed: Courtesy General Electric Co.

    l.l. to l.r. printed: THE MARVELOUS SCINTILLATOR BEAMS, TWO BILLION CANDLE POWER

    Verso:

    u.l. to u.c. printed: The most outswtanding effect in night il- \ lumination is produced by the scintillator, \ consisting of a battery of twenty-four arc \ searchlights having a total light output of \ 1,920,000,000 candlepower. Mounted on \ swivel and trunnion bases, these 36-inch \ projectors may be turned at any angle, to \ shoot variegated patterns of colored light \ into the sky. The scintillator is located on \ the shore of Lake Michigan just south of \ the Travel and Transport Building, and \ nightly paints the sky in brilliant orange, \ blue, purple, green, and rainbow hues, great \ pencils of colored light ever flashing in \ changing patterns.

    c.l. to c. in graphite: Dear Aunt Daisy: \ Just look where \ I am. I came with \ another lady Sunday. \ I think we will leave \ tomorrow. You ought to \ be here. Love \ Myrtle K

    c. to c.r. in graphite: Mrs. D.K. Burre. \ Boulder, Colo. \ c/o Burre Business \ College

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.729

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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