Kodascope Pageant Model AV-153
Projector
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Kodascope Pageant Model AV-153
July 1955
Metal, wood, leather, glass and plastic.
Overall (closed): 14 × 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in., 35.5 lb. (35.6 × 40 × 27.3 cm, 16.1 kg)
Overall (open): 20 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 25 1/2 in., 35.5 lb. (51.4 × 4.4 × 64.8 cm, 16.1 kg)
Purchase
1978.0654.0001
DescriptionSerial# 50052 Crackled-brown, rectangular, 16mm, electric, sound or silent motion picture projector with optical soundhead, 7-volt exciter lamp, Kodak Projection Ektanon 2" f/1.6 lens with blue filter, two 1000-watt lamps, reflector, condensor lens, tube amplifier, variable speed, variable shutter, rewind, microphone jack, phonograph jack, speaker jack and a 400 foot take-up reel under the case-cover with brown handles. The projector accepts 1600 foot reels.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on cover: Kodak / Printed in silver on lamphouse: Kodak / Printed in silver and red on plate below lamphouse: KODASCOPE Pageant SOUND PROJECTOR SUPER-40 SHUTTER MODEL AV-153 MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. 105-125 VOLTS 50-60 CYCLES A.C. 1200 W. MAX. 1000 W. LAMP MAX, PLUG INTO WALL OUTLET ONLY NO. / Stamped in silver on plate below lamphouse: 50052 / Printed in brown above and below motor switch on right side of projector: MOTOR, OFF / Printed in brown above and below lamp switch on right side of projector: LAMP, OFF / Printed in brown above and below thread lamp receptacle on right side of projector: THREAD LAMP / Printed in brown behind film speed lever on right side of projector: SOUND, SILENT / Engraved in chrome on lens: F-1.6 2 INCH MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Typed in black on yellow label on lens: 5334-38 / Printed in brown in front of excoter lamp fidelity lever on right side of projector: FIDELITY / Printed in grey on lamp in lamphouse: DFD 1000W ge 115-120V BASE DOWN / Printed in silver around volume dial on right side of projector: VOLUME, LOW, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, HIGH / Printed in silver around treble dial on right side of projector: TREBLE, MIN, 2, 3, 4, 5, NORM., 7, 8, 9, 10, MAX. / Printed in brown arounf phonograph dial on right side of projector: PHONOGRAPH, LOW, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, HIGH / Printed in brown around bass dial on right side of projector: BASS, MIN., 2, 3, 4, 5, NORM., 7, 8, 9, 10, MAX. / Printed in brown around microphone volume dial on right side of projector: MICROPHONE, LOW, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, HIGH / Printed in brown around amplifier dial on right side of projector: AMPLIFIER, OFF, HIGH, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, LOW, FILM SOUND / Printed in brown above audio jacks on right side of projector: 15 WATTS AUDIO OUTPUT / Printed in silver below microphone jack on right side of projector: MICRO-PHONE / Printed in silver below phonograph jack on right side of projector: PHONO-GRAPH / Printed in silver below speaker jack on right side of projector: SPEAKER / Engraved in white on fuse cover on base of lamphouse: FUSE / Printed in red and black on silver label under cover: DO NOT LUBRICATE ALL BEARINGS ARE LIFE LUBRICATED / Printed in red on lamp under cover: DFD-1000W 115-120V KONDO PROJECTION BASE DOWN
