Kinetoscope Model D
Projector
Kinetoscope Model D
1915
Metal and wood
Overall: 52 3/4 × 19 × 43 in. (134 × 48.3 × 109.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1983.2432.0014
DescriptionPainted black, vaulted, 35mm, hand-cranked, motion picture projector with no lens, carbon-arc lamphouse, two-blade shutter, wooden hand-crank, lamphouse guide rails, slide carrier, rheostat, and base. The projector would accept 400 foot film reels.
Inscriptions Engraved in product label on right side of projector: TRADE MARK Thomas A Edison / Embossed in metal on patent label on front of projector: UNDERWRITERS MODEL, TYPE B. EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPE MADE BY EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. MFR'S SERIAL No 2744 SPECIAL LICENSE No 5312 PATENTED NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897. NO. 580,749, APRIL 13, 1897, NO. 586953, JULY 20, 1897. NO. 673,329, APRIL 30, 1901. NO.673,992, 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 SOLELY WITH MOVING PICTURES CONTAINING THE INVENTION OF REISSUED PATENT NO. 12,192, LEASED BY A LICENSEE OF THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, THE ONWER 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 PATENT'S COMPANY OWNS SAID PATENTS, THE REMOVAL OR DEFACEMENT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY. NEW YORK. N.Y., U.S.A.
