Home Balopticon

Home Balopticon

Projector

Bausch + Lomb Optical Co.

Maker
American, estab. 1853

Home Balopticon

1913
Metal, glass, cloth, and wood
Overall: 15 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 19 in., 21.9 lb. (38.7 × 18.4 × 48.3 cm, 9.9 kg)
Museum accession
DescriptionJappaned-black, vaulted, electrically powered, magic lantern slide projector with 7 inch projection lens, cloth bellow, 4 inch condensor lenses, slide carrier, lamp house, silver mirror, guide rails, Bausch & Lomb Baby Arc lamp, reflector and power cord. The projector projects lantern slides, post cards, photographs and small objects.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal on product label on right side of projector: BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y., HOME "BALOPTICON" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. PAT. FEB. 21, 1911, PAT FEB. 9, 1915 No. 41132 / Inscribed in white on base of projector: 1467 / Engraved in white on lens on front of projector: 7 In. E.F. / Inscribed in white on front of projector: 78:1668:28

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