Lumière Cinématographe
Projector

Lumière Frères

Maker
Auguste Lumière, French, 1862–1954; Louis Jean Lumière, French, 1864–1948

Jules Carpentier

French, ca. 1910

Lumière Cinématographe

ca. 1895
Metal, wood and glass
Overall: 9 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24.5 × 16 × 19 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1674.0062
DescriptionCast-iron, 35mm motion picture projection head with condenser lens, brass lens mount, projection lens with focus knob and single-blade shutter.
Inscriptions Embossed in black on back of base: CINÉMATOGRAPHE LUMIÉRE / Engraved in white on back of projector head: H 42 20 J. CARPENTIER PARIS BRÉVETE S.G.D.G.

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