Hand Pathescope

Hand Pathescope

Projector

Pathé Cinema

Maker
French

Hand Pathescope

28mm projector


ca. 1916
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 12 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 19 1/2 in., 24.4 lb. (32.7 × 21.6 × 49.5 cm, 11.1 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1674.0060
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, 28mm, electrically powered, motion picture projector with 1 inch projection lens, lamp house, upper reel support arm, lower reel support arm, leather cord, crank shaft, and flywheel. The projector would have been supplied with a lamp house and film gate. The cranking motion of the film generates enough electricity to power the light source.
Inscriptions Painted in white on front of projector: 3378 / Embossed in white on red label on front of projector: 12 / Inscribed in white on base of projector: 78:1674:60, 778.551 AP 20

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