Criterion lantern slide projector
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Criterion lantern slide projector

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Projector

J. B. Colt & Co.

Maker
American, 1890s–1900s

Criterion lantern slide projector

ca. 1910
Metal and glass
Overall: 22 7/8 × 6 5/8 × 21 in., 13 lb. (58.1 × 16.8 × 53.3 cm, 5.9 kg)
DescriptionSilver, cylindrical, oil lantern projector with 2 inch Darlot projection lens, two 4 ⅛ inch condensing lenses, adjustable guide rails, oil reservoir, and chimney. The lantern is equipped with a Parabolon oil lamp No. 15 and is missing the slide carrier between the condensing lenses and the porojection lens.
Inscriptions Engraved in brass on lens on front of lantern projector: Darlot Paris / Embossed in silver on oil lamp on back of lantern projector: PARABOLON PATENTED SEPT. 17TH 1889. / Printed in black on sticker on base of lantern projector: 504

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