Victor Safety Cinema
Projector
Victor Safety Cinema
ca. 1918
Metal, glass and rubber
Other: 21 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 14 in., 20.3 lb. (54.6 × 26 × 35.6 cm, 9.2 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1674.0075
DescriptionSerial# 1731 Painted-black, vaulted, 28mm, electric or hand-cranked, motion picture projector with 4" 42.5mm projection lens, reflector, 165-watt lamp, condensor lens, Westinghouse Sew-Motor, black-rubber power cord with Edison plug, twin-blade shutter, framing and elevation. The projector accepts 400 foot reels.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass plate on right side of projector: VICTOR SAFETY CINEMA PATENTED FOR USE WITH SLOW BURNING FILM ONLY MFG. BY VICTOR ANIMATOGRAPH CO. DAVENPORT, I.A., U.S.A. / Engraved in brass plate on right side of projector: VOLTS 110-120 AMP. 6 / Embossed in black on right side of projector: VICTOR / Stamped in silver on right sode of base of projector: 1731 / Printed in red on gold label on right side of projector: UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES / Pinted in black on gold label on back of projector: NOTICE ALWAYS SWING LAMP HOUSE TO LEFT WHEN THREADING AND AT ALL TIMES WHEN FILM IS NOT IN MOTION / Printed in silver and black on blue lable on back of projector: INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY 0160 ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Embossed in silve on plate on motor on back of projector: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. PITTSBURGH, P.A. Sew-Motor 110 VOLTS D.C. to 70 CYCLES A.C. STYLE NO. 249779 PATENTED JUNE 22.09 OCT. 29.12 DEC. 10.12 FEB. 3.14 JAN. 5.15 MAR. 2.15 APR. 13.15 SEPT. 21.15 JAN. 11.16
