Graflex 16 Model 820
Projector
Graflex Inc.
American, 1945–1956
Graflex 16 Model 820
ca. 1962
Metal, plastic, rubber and glass
Overall: 18 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 24 1/2 in., 31.5 lb. (47 × 26.7 × 62.2 cm, 14.3 kg)
Gift of Bell & Howell Company
1981.2536.0038
DescriptionSerial# 282037 Teal, rectangular, 16mm, optical sound or silent, electric motion picture projector with reflector, condensor lens, Graflex Somtar 2" f/1.6 projection lens, reverse projection, still projection, rewind, microphone input jack, speaker output jack and elevation with a black handle. The projector accepts 2000 foot reels.
Inscriptions Embossed in black and red on plate on right side of projector: Graflex 16 / Printed in black and silver on plate on right side of projector: GENERAL PRECISION GRAFLEX, INC. ~ A SUBSIDARY OF GENERAL PRECISION EQUIPMENT CORP. / Embossed in white in front of elevation lock on front of projector: LOCK / Engraved in chrome on lens: 16mm GRAFLEX 2 INCH f/1.6 Somtar MADE IN U.S.A. / Embossed in white in front of rewind guide above front sprocket: REWIND / Embossed in front of gate tension lever below lens: FILM PRESS ADJ. Lo, N, Hi / Embossed in white above path direction lever on right side of projector: THREAD, REVERSE-REWIND, FORWARD / Embossed in white above and below film format switch on right side of projector: SOUND, SILENT / Printed in front of motor function buttons on right side of projector: OFF, STILL, RUN / Printed in silver in front of lamp function buttons on right side of projector: LAMP OFF, NORM, HI / Printed in white behind sound switch on right side of projector: AMPLIFIER / Printed in white in front of amplifier switch on right side of porjector: OFF, ON / Printed in white behind volume control knob on right side of projector: VOLUME / Printed in white behind treble control knob on right side of projector: TREBLE / Printed in white behind bass control knob on right side of projector: BASS / Printed in white in front of microphone jack on right side of projector: MIC / Printed in white in front of speaker jack on right side of projector: SPKR. / Printed in silver and red on lable on top of projector: FRAME, THREAD, IN-RUN, PULL TO REWIND
