Key catalogues and equipment from each decade are listed below.
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See also Types of Equipment
For some types of equipment, you can see all items currently in the archive, to see how technical solutions evolved. 

1860s – 1890s

1900s

1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909

1910s

1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919


Better Lighting Effects in the Theatre (1919)
[Archive Viewer]
From Rick Zimmerman Collection

1920s

1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929


Stage Effects - How To Make and Work Them (1928)
by A.Rose
[Archive Viewer]

1930s

1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939


Major Catalog 17 (1931)
[Archive Viewer]
From Rick Zimmerman Collection

Stage Lighting for Schools, Colleges and Technical Institutes (February 1939)
[Archive Viewer]

1940s

1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949


1945 Strand Electric Brochure (December 1945)
[Archive Viewer]
From Jim Laws Collection

A Method of Lighting the Stage (1947)
By Stanley McCandless
[External Website]

1950s

1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959

1960s

1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969


Stage Lighting On A Shoestring (1961)
[Archive Viewer]
From Strand Archive

1966 Strand Lighting for Entertainment (1966)
[Archive Viewer]
From Skip Mort Collection

1970s

1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979


Classic Gear - Revox B77 (September 2006)
[671kb PDF]
From Lighting & Sound International

1980s

1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989

1990s

1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999


Strand Lighting Catalogue 1997-98 (1997)
[Archive Viewer]
From Jim Laws Collection

2000s

2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009

2010s

2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019

2020s

2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025,2026,2027,2028,2029

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