We have a really old analog slide projector. Since Carol was developing slide shows for automated projection we have had a Kodak Ektagraphic 260 Viewer/Projector purchased August , 1981. There has been little interest in viewing slides in as long as I can remember, or since the coming of digital photography. The slide projector has sat in our storage closet since we moved into the apartment in 2012. Before that it was hidden away in a closest in our East Avenue townhouse. 
A week ago, while visiting with us, Josh and Rohma asked to see our honeymoon pictures! I remembered that the back projection function wasn’t working properly. I went shopping for a replacement, there were two or three available on eBay, but no guarantee that they worked. I pulled ours out and set about finding out how to fix a 20th century, predigital device. There was no help to be found on YouTube! It is assembled with many identical Philips head screws. Which ones to take out? Josh arrived with some tools. I explained that the image was supposed to be projected to a mirror which sent it into the box where it was turned around to project on the screen. Obviously if there was one mirror there would be more mirrors inside the big box.
The Back is Off and the displaced mirror is obvious
We turned it around and noted that the inner compartment where the power cord came from was an insert into a large box – 7 screws later the back was out and there were two mirrors, one was clearly out of place, the adhesive had failed after only 40 years or more. Shame on you Kodak! An application of some modern industrial strength double sided tape solved the basic problem, only shortcutting the actual process by an hour, and we had some lunch and proceeded to show 4 slide trays of 80 pictures each from our honeymoon and the aftermath.
We followed up to the slide show by casting a video of Josh’s drone exploits at Jojoba Hills to our TV using current technology.
In preparing to show the slides, I came across a box containing artifacts from my father’s desk. We opened the box and found glass paperweights which he collected. Here is one which I have decided to display. 
It was always my favorite. We gifted a lovely round one with milliflora to Rohma and Josh.
That paperweight is very interesting. Is it made of glass?
Yes, glass!
Me myself and I cannot relate to fixing a projector!! Although I used one for years teaching!! However, it would be fun to see the honeymoon pictures!!!!
You never know when you’ll need an “antique”. A year ago our garden club had a speaker who told us she didn’t do PowerPoint, only slides. Nobody else in the club had a projector, only me. I pulled out our old carousel projector from the basement and it worked perfectly. Then, after searching through stacks of Kodak boxes, I watched our old honeymoon photos, too. There’s something about great minds thinking alike, here!. Glad you were able to fix your projector and relive memories as well.
Keeping these antiques becomes problematic with each downsize. I know you haven’t, yet, but the time may come. Even in our apartment we have less than half the space we used for living and storage than our townhouse.
I have a Kodak Carousel of 1969 vintage, purchased at the Exchange while I was in the service. It still works, and I have more than a dozen carousels, each with 80 slides. They need pruning and digitizing.
When we moved from East Ave, we had to decide whether to keep the original functioning Projector of similar vintage and the screen that went with it, or the back projector which seemed more sensible since it could provide both functions in one object. I fear to count the number of carousel trays we have kept not to mention the thousands of slides all (well mostly) organized in five hundred slide containers.
You are amazing! What fun you will now have with that “reconditioned” antique. I don’t remember if we ever had slides, but my parents did. I think they went to my brother. But, we have so many photo albums, it is ridiculous. But, always fun to reminisce. Keep on doing all the wonderful things you do – and enjoy that Jazz Festival! God Bless & Luv – Darlene