Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
Viewer
Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
ca. 1904
Metal
Overall: 13 3/4 × 6 × 12 in., 8.9 lb. (34.9 × 15.2 × 30.5 cm, 4 kg)
Gift of Douglass Crockwell
1993.0102.0004
DescriptionRed, vaulted, hand-cranked, early motion picture device with mounting brackets, spool holder, pressure foot, clutch, tension spring, and worm gear mounted to crank shaft. The device would be mounted inside a mutoscope and equipped with a drum of about 1,000 opaque cards giving the viewer about one minute of view-time.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on side of mechanism: S 103, S 101, S 105 / Inscribed in white on side of projector: 93:0102:04
