Edison Projecting Kinetoscope
Projector
Edison Manufacturing Company
American, 1889–1911
Edison Projecting Kinetoscope
Underwriters Model, Type B
ca. 1910
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 16 1/8 × 11 3/4 × 10 1/4 in., 23.6 lb. (41 × 29.8 × 26 cm, 10.7 kg)
Museum accession
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, 35mm, hand-cranked, motion picture projector with 1.5 inch projection lens, framing adjustment lever, crank handle, flywheel, double slide carrier, slide carrier frame, two-blade perforated shutter and heat shield.
Inscriptions Inscribed in blue on white label on crank handle on right side of projector: EASTMAN 24.76 C / Painted in gold on front of projector: Edison / Embossed in brass on projector on front of projector: UNDERWRITERS MODEL, TYPE B. EDISON PROJECTIONG KINETOSCOPE MADE BY EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. MFR'S SERIAL No1781 SPECIAL LICENSE No3885, PATENTED, NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897, NO. 580,749, APRIL 13, 1897, NO.588,953, JULY 20, 1897, NO. 673,329, APRIL 30, 1901, NO. 673,982, MAY 14, 1901, NO. 707,934, AUGUST 26, 1902. NO. 722,382, MARCH 10, 1903, THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHT TO USE IT SOLEY WITH MOVING PICTURES CONTAINING THE INVENTION OF REISSUED PATENT NO. 12,182, LEASED BY A LICENSEE OF THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, THE OWNER OF THE ABOVE PATENTS AND REISSUED PATENT, WHILE IT OWNS SAID PATENTS, AND UPON OTHER TERMS TO BE FIXED BY THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY AND COMPLIED WITH BY THE USER WHILE IT IS IN USE AND WHILE THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY OWNS SAID PATENTS, THE REMOVAL OR DEFACEMANT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY. NEW YORK. N.Y., U.S.A. / Embossed in white on red label on front of projector: 150 / Inscribed in white on front of projector: 78:1674:68 / Engraved in brass on lens on front of projector: BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. 1244233 EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY Orange N.J. U.S.A. / Engraved in black on back of projector: 1002 / Stamped in black on top of projector: IV
