Edison Home Kinetoscope
Projector
Edison Home Kinetoscope
ca. 1912
Metal, wood, carbon rod and glass
Overall (projector): 11 1/2 × 8 × 20 in. (29.2 × 20.3 × 50.8 cm)
Overall (case): 11 × 16 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (27.9 × 41.3 × 16.5 cm)
Museum accession
1978.1675.0062
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, hand-crank, 22mm motion picture projector and lantern slide projector with condenser lens, two projection lenses, carbon arc lamp, take-up reel and empty supply reel on a wood base in original black case. The projector accepts 1.75" slides.
Inscriptions Printed and stamped in silver on product plate on front of projector: EDISON HOME KINETOSCOPE MANUFACTURED BY THOMAS A. EDISON, INC., ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. SERIAL No. 345 PATENTS NO.578,185, MARCH 2, 1897 NO.586,953 JULY 20, 1897 OTHER PATENTS PENDING THIS PATENTED MACHINE SHALL BE SOLD ONLY BY JOBBERS AND DEALERS AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY US, AND ONLY AT THE LIST PRICES SPECIFIED IN OUR CATALOGUE CURRENT AT THE DATE OF SUCH SALE (EXCEPT THAT SUCH JOBBERS MAY GIVE AUTHORIZED TRADE DISCOUNTS TO SUCH RETAIL DEALERS) THE SALE AND PURCHASER OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHT TO USE IT SO LONG AS THIS PLATE IS NO REMOVED OR DETACHED AND IN PLACES TO WHICH NO ADMISSION FEE IS CHARGED. THOMAS A. EDISON / Engraved in black on lens one: M'F'D BY BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. FOR THOMAS A. EDISON INC. ORANGE N.J. / Engraved in black on lens two: M'F'D BY BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. FOR THOMAS A. EDISON INC. ORANGE N.J. TRADE Thomas A. Edison MARK B-SYSTEM MOTION PICTURE / Printed in gold on front of case: Edison
