Motiograph Model No.1-A
Projector
Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company
American, 1900s–1920s
Motiograph Model No.1-A
ca. 1910
Metal
Overall: 12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 13 1/4 in., 27.1 lb. (31.1 × 24.1 × 33.7 cm, 12.3 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1674.0064
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, 35mm, motion picture projector head with no optics, frame adjustment lever, lens shroud, flywheel, and sprockets.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass on product label on front of projector: THE IMPROVED MOTIOGRAPH MODEL No. 1-A TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE. PATENTED NO. 909,677. JAN. 12. 1909, NO. 919,773, APR. 27, 1909, NO. 939,634, NOV. 9. 1909 AND JULY 17, 1906 OTHERS PENDING ENTERPRISE OPTICAL MFG. Co. CHICAGO, U.S.A. / Printed in black on white on left side of projector: 5 EASTMAN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS / Engraved in metal on back of projector: DX 207341 / Embossed in white on red label on top of projector: 65 / Inscribed in white on top of projector: 78:1674:64
