You_Too said:
By the way, did anyone ever contact this guy? http://johnwairephoto.com/blog/2010/07/21/the-end-of-an-era/
He's obviously a professional photographer, and photographers always pick out the best shots of hundreds, and I bet some of those must have been of the screen itself. I just guess he didn't post any shots of the screen because of copyright reasons. But maybe if somebody explains how valuable they would be to the community and restoration projects he could share them anonymously?
If anyone is reading this in the wings who's toying with the idea of doing a restoration I'd also advise to save all the media from the baltimore screening that is online. The 8mm Krieg der Sterne clip got taken down from youtube after I had linked it at the beginning of this thread, and Save Star Wars looks like its been hit by a virus according to google. I'd say archive this stuff as a precaution if you have any plans to come back to it later in the future.