Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Help me find a date! (No not THAT kind of date)

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-17-2003, 02:17 AM:

I just received a very old picture of my theatre's projection booth and I'm trying to put a date to it.

In the picture there is a tear-off calendar, and it's possible to see the date "January 23," but the year is not visible. The calendar page is the "Saturday/Sunday" type, so I know the 23rd is on a Saturday.

How can I figure out what year this is? I know it's between 1930 and 1957, and could probably pick out the correct year if I knew what years January 23 fell on Saturday.

I know there's gotta be some kind of calculator for this on the web somewhere, but I haven't found it. Any help would be appreciated! [Smile]

Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 07-17-2003, 03:45 AM:

It is going to be multiple choice on this one...
1932
1937
1943
1954
Hope this helps some...

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-17-2003, 03:49 AM:

The calendar is from 1943, but the picture was quite obviously taken on May 17, 1983 at 5:26pm Central Standard Time.

Posted by Nate Lehrke (Member # 1460) on 07-17-2003, 04:01 AM:

What would FT do without Joe!?

Posted by Sam Hunter (Member # 1119) on 07-17-2003, 09:42 AM:

Try this for fun,
http://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/1147/calendar.html

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-17-2003, 12:07 PM:

Joe -- No no no, it's after 7:00 PM because there is a movie in progress (they did not run matinees then)!

Chris - Thanks, I think that will help me narrow it down.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-17-2003, 03:38 PM:

I called back to 1983 and they told me that they ran matinees on that particular day.