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While most of the items are sourced from out-of-state, a handful have local ties. Amperex Electronics, which operated a plant in Slatersville, once supplied the Plumbicon tubes that captured images in video cameras. Several other items have seen second lives as film and television props. When the team behind HBO’ s“ Julia” had to recreate Julia Child’ s 1960s kitchen studio at WGBH in Boston, they used period-accurate cameras from the museum to complete the look.
“ We’ ve done at least a dozen films that we’ ve provided props for,” Beck says.
The collection is vast, though its future is less certain. As digital media continue to replace other formats, Beck says, the challenge to restore and maintain the equipment, as well as find visitors who appreciate it, increases.
“ Videotape has gone the way of the dinosaur. Everything is recorded digitally,” he says.
That may be true outside these doors. But inside this former bank building on Main Street, analog still reigns. 144 Main St., Woonsocket( open by appointment), wmbt. org 🆁
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