Since 1954 I've stripped five Wurlitzer 146 screens [facade], two 153
screens, one 145 screen, one 150 screen, one 125 screen, and two 165
screens down to the original paint.  Each one was different.

The strangest was a 145 built in 1929. It was several shades of aquatic
blue, with a nautical theme for the center painting and mermaids on the
top painting.  The original color for the 150 was dark-stained spar
varnish.  It had been originally in a skating rink.  Most of the screens
had a white or red lead base coat.  Only one of the screens had actual
gilding for carved highlights.  I'm beginning to suspect that there was
no such thing as a standard color scheme -- unless it was just base
coat.

We did photos during stripping.  We kept the photos in the paint
trailer.  The photos (and the trailer and the paint) were lost in
a fire during the early 1980s -- two young kids playing with matches.
The kids were okay.

Bill Finch