Crate of miscellaneous projector equipment

Crate of miscellaneous projector equipment

Projector

Holmes Projector Co.

American, ca. 1920s

Crate of miscellaneous projector equipment

Metal and glass
Overall (box of equipment): 8 × 23 × 12 in. (20.3 × 58.4 × 30.5 cm)
Gift of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Game, 1962
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, reflex viewing lamp house with three lenses, film reel, heat shield, mounitng hardware, lens cloths, lens mount, two lamp outlets and bent metal bar in wooden box.
Inscriptions Stamped in black on bottom of reflex viewing lamp house: H P CO / Inscribed in white on left side of reflex viewing lamp house: 78:1668:40 / Printed in blue on lamp inside lamp outlet: NATIONAL MAZDA, PROJECTION 400W-110V BURN BASE DOWN / Embossed in white on second lamp outlet: 660 W 250 V, E, PATENT, 600V / Engraved in metal on mounting hardware: 5 / Stamped in metal on lens mount: HP CO 631

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