Filmo Showmaster Model H
Projector
Filmo Showmaster Model H
ca. 1939
Metal, glass and wood
Overall (projector): 17 1/4 × 8 × 19 1/2 in. (43.8 × 20.3 × 49.5 cm)
Overall (case): 18 1/2 × 17 × 9 in. (47 × 43.2 × 22.9 cm)
Museum accession
1978.1675.0049
DescriptionCrackled brown, vaulted, 16mm, electric motion picture projector with magnalite condenser lens, 2 inch f/1.6 projection lens, 750-watt 100-volt lamp, rewind, reverse, still and pilot light in a crackled-brown wood case with wood handle.
Inscriptions Engraved and stamped in silver on product plate on back of projector: BELL & HOWELL Filmo SHOWMASTER DESIGN 129 MODEL H PROJECTOR MADE IN U.S.A. 115 VOLTS 5 AMPS / Engraved in silver on above and below direction switch on back of projector: REVERSE, FORWARD / Stamped in silver on back of projector: 649460 / Engraved in silver on motor current switch base of projector: 25 CY. A.C. D.C., MOTOR 50-60 CY. A.C. / Engraved in silver on power switch plate on right side of base of projector: BELL & HOWELL Filmo SHOWMASTER PROJECTOR LAMP, ON, OFF LINE, ON, OFF PILOT, ON, OFF MADE IN U.S.A. / Engraved in silver on tilt knob on right side of projector: TILT, TILT, TILT / Engraved in silver on plate on lamphouse on right side of projector: LAMP 1000 WATTS MAX. / Engraved in silver on lens: 16mm EXCESSALITE 2 INCH f/1.6 BELL & HOWELL CO. MADE IN U.S.A. / Engraved in silver on the rewind switch on top of the projector: RUN, REW / Engraved in silver on the patent plate on the left side of the projector: PATENTED U.S. PAT. OFF. 1,507,357 1,577,030 1,587,955 1,598,444 1,624,730 1,624,732 1,675,554 1,680,295 1,697,947 DES. 95,634 / Engraved in gold on front door of case: BELL & HOWELL
