Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
Viewer
Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
ca. 1950
Metal
Overall: 14 5/8 × 7 1/8 × 14 1/4 in., 16.8 lb. (37.1 × 18.1 × 36.2 cm, 7.6 kg)
Gift of Douglass Crockwell
1993.0102.0009
DescriptionBlue, vaulted, electrically powered, early motion picture device with mounting brackets, electric motor, power cord, spool holder, pressure foot, clutch, tension spring, and worm gear mounted to crank shaft. The device would be mounted inside a mutoscope and equipped with a drum of about 1,000 opaque cards giving the viewer about one minute of view-time.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on side of mechanism: S 101, S 104, S 105 / Inscribed in white on side of projector: 93:0102:09 / Embossed in metal on motor: R.P.M., Dayton ELECTRIC MFG. CHICAGO
