Balopticon
Projector
Balopticon
Magic Lantern
ca. 1917
Metal, leather, wood and glass
Overall (projector): 9 × 6 × 16 in. (22.9 × 15.2 × 40.6 cm)
Overall (case): 10 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (26 × 18.4 × 41.9 cm)
Overall (slide holder): 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 1 in. (10.8 × 28.6 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum
DescriptionBlack, electric slide projector with condenser lens, projection lens, 150-watt Mazda Edison lamp, reflector, and leather bellows in black case with wood slide holder.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on product plate above lens: BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. NO. / Stamped in silver on product plate above lens: 96058 / Engraved in black on lens: 15 in E.F. BAUSCH & LOMB OPTIVAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.
