Cameragraph No. 5
Projector
Cameragraph No. 5
ca. 1906
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 55 1/2 × 14 × 36 in. (141 × 35.6 × 91.4 cm)
Gift of Donald M. Ryan, 1976
1978.1674.0037
DescriptionBlackened-metal, vaulted, 35mm, hand-cranked motion picture projector with projection lens, adjustable film gate, hand crank, upper film can, lower film can, carbon arc lamp house, dowser, slide carrier and exhaust chimney. The projector accepts 400 foot film spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on product label on front of projector: POWER'S CAMERAGRAPH / Embossed in metal on patent label on front of projector: POWER'S No.5 CAMERAGRAPH No.5851 PAT'D NOV. 1, 1904. JULY 17, 1906. SPECIAL LICENSE No.339 FROM MOTION PICTURE PATENTS CO., NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A. PATENTED NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897. NO. 588,953, JULY 20, 1897. NO. 673,992, MAY14, 1901. NO. 580,749, APRIL 13, 1897. NO. 707,934 AUG. 26, 1902. NO. 722,382, MARCH 10, 1903. THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHTN 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 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 DEFACEMENT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE. / Stamped in black on base of projector: 5851 / Embossed in black on product label on film can on top of projector: POWER'S MAGAZINE PAT. JAN 16 1906, N. POWER NEW YORK / Embossed in black on product label on film can on bottom of projector: POWER'S MAGAZINE PAT. JAN 16 1906, N. POWER NEW YORK
