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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
THOXAS W. MULLALY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
THEATRICAL SCHEDULE AND ADVERTISING CABINET.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 10,1912.
Application filed July 26, 1911. Serial No. 640,562.
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55To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MUILIALY,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
State of Texas, have invented .certain new
and useful Improvements in Theatrical
Schedule and Advertising Cabinets, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
display cabinets, and has particular refer-
ence to a bulletin board to be used in an-
nouncing to the public the times, the places,
and the acts scheduled to take place at the-
aters or similar places.
The principal object of the invention is to
provide a bulletin board which shall contain
the names of the number of acts which are-to
take place at a theater, for instance; a
vaudeville program, giving the exact time
that each act begins in both the matin6e and
evening performances, and also the photo-
graphs of the different artists. The cabinet
may also be used in connection with dra-
matic performances. These and other ob-
jects will be apparent from the following de-
scription, and with particular reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bulletin
board made in accordance with my inven-
tion. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of one of the
sections of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec-
tion on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a
transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.
Referring particularly to the drawings it
will be seen that I have provided a double
board formed of the two portions 10 and 11,
connected at one vertical edge by means of
the hinges 12 and provided with suitable
fastening devices 13 to hold the parts 10 and
11 together. Within each of the frames are
arranged the divisions 14, 15 and 16 and 17,
by means of the molding strips or other
suitable division means 18. The division 14
is subdivided so as to contain the name of
the theater, and other suitable phraseology
desired by the manager-of the theater, and
also a space at the side for advertising, and
in the center for some announcements of spe-
cial features, either as to the.particular acts,
or that souvenirs will be given at certain
performances.
The central space 15 of the bulletin board
is formed into a number of narrow spaces,
in which are arranged slides 19, preferably
of frosted glass, having thereon the names1,038,416.
of the various acts, and at one end of each
of the slides is printed the exact time at
which such act begins in the matinee per-
formance, and at the opposite end of each
of the slides the time at the evening per- 60
formance. Pivoted buttons 20 are mounted
on the partition strips to hold the slides in
place. On either side of the section 15 is a
vertical line of partitioned spaces 21, for
photographs of the artists in the different 65
acts. The spaces 14, 16, and 17 are sub-
divided into advertisement spaces. At the
upper end of each of the photograph spaces
21 is a pocket 22 for programs or other liter-
ature desired to be distributed by the 70
house.
Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 4,
the molding strips are arranged in stepped
relation, those at the center of the cabinet
being the highest and those toward the 75
edges being lower, so that the slides may
be readily inserted on each side of the com-
partments. Within the cabinet and behind
the spaces are arranged the electric lamps
23, so that the acts will stand out promi- 80
nently above the other portions of the
board. The board is provided with the feet
24 to hold the same a suitable distance above
the pavement or floor and thus protect the
cabinet. Bot;sides of the board are shown 85
in Fig. 1, so that the legends may be read
from either side, at, night, or in the day
time. If desired, I may use one side of the
-board to show the acts representing " This
week's bill," and the opposite side for 90
"Next week's bill."
The sections in the frame of the bulletin
board are readily removable, so that the
frame may be subdivided in any desired
manner, according to the ideas of the man- 95
agement of each theater. It will, of course,
be understood that I may make all the slides
semitransparent, similar to the act slides,
so that all the reading matter on the board 100
will show up brightly at night.
What is claimed is:
A bulletin board comprising large frames
hinged together, fastening means for hold-
ing the frames together, a small frame dis-
posed in the center of each of said large 105
frames, vertical and horizontal strips with-
in the small frame, semi-transparent remov-
able slides on the horizontal strips, pivoted
members on the said strips for holding the
slides, vertical and horizontal strips between 110
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Mullaly, Thomas W. Theatrical Schedule and Advertising Cabinet, patent, September 10, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514567/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.