Found this in my garage

[Teej2012]

Think it came from my mother in laws house two moves ago, anyone know what it is? Holds two bulbs but has this knob. It looks like it might attach to something.

 

[cbacres]

I think it's a flash bulb holder for a camera. I may have one in my shop.

 

[davesnothere]

Mom-in-law grow her own medicine?

 

[vhol5]

Old style photographic modeling light?

 

[GreyOwl]

Floodlight bar for a 50's movie camera.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Rever...488?pt=US_Vintage_Cameras&hash=item418bc15510

 

[Teej2012]

Oh wow, that's curiously badass. Woulda come from my wife's fathers garage or basement. Wish I had the camera, pretty cool.

 

[bubinga]

Floodlight bar for a 50's movie camera.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Rever...488?pt=US_Vintage_Cameras&hash=item418bc15510

thats what l said to myself when I saw it.

 

[bubinga]

Oh wow, that's curiously badass. Woulda come from my wife's fathers garage or basement. Wish I had the camera, pretty cool.

l know,we had one when I was growing up, (I just turned 60) and IIRC it was long, well, l know it was long, but I'd say it was about 3 feet long.
And had like 3 or 4 big old funky spot lights on it, the kind you would see in front of a church, shining on a Christmas display.
It was pretty wild.
Of course all we had back then for home use was little 8mm Kodak movie camera, then l think around the late 60's super 8 came out.
Heck, back then color TV was a big deal.
We have really come a long way since say 1960.

Don't get me started, around 1966, l remember a coke was a dime out of the funky old fashioned machine, a candy bar was a nickle,
and I remember walking to the store to get a pack of cigarettes for my mother, (she had to write and sign a note, remember that any one........LOL), and they were about 33 cents, and gas was about 33 or 30 cents a gallon.
Oh, and if you needed air, of course it was free, not a dollar.
OK, stepping off of soap box. ........................LOL