Mutoscope
Viewer

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Maker
American, ca. 1894–1930

Mutoscope

ca. 1900
Metal and glass
Overall: 53 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (136.5 × 47 × 47 cm)
1993.0101.0001
DescriptionRed and black, ironhourse clamshell, vaulted, hand cranked mutoscope with glass viewport, coin clot, power cord and brass hand crank. The mutoscope accepts 1000 flip-card spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on product label on front of mutoscope: MUTOSCOPE NEW YORK / Embossed in metal on base of mutoscope: DL, DL, DL, DL / Printed in white on power cord inside mutoscope: 14/3 TYPE SJ

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