Gaumont Chronochrome

Gaumont Chronochrome

Camera

L. Gaumont & Cie.

Maker
French, ca. 1890s–1940s

Gaumont Chronochrome

ca. 1912
Metal, wood, leather and glass
Overall: 19 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 17 in. (50.2 × 24.1 × 43.2 cm)
1978.1653.0016
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, hand-crank, 35mm motion picture projector with black leather-covered eye level viewfinder, 3-color filter, black leather-covered supply and take-up magazines. The magazines hold 100 metres of film.
Inscriptions Engraved in white below lens: Societe des Etablissements GAUMONT Paris No.12 / Embossed in white on red label on top of camera: 29 / Engraved in white on supply magazine: 3 / Engraved in white on take-up magazine: 4

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