Baird 35mm Projector Head
Projector
Baird 35mm Projector Head
ca 1916
Metal and glass
Overall (projector head): 21 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 12 in., 44.5 lb. (54.6 × 27.3 × 30.5 cm, 20.2 kg)
Gift of Roberta B. Martin, 1975
DescriptionBlack, vaulted, 35mm, hand cranked, motion picture projector with no optics, supply arm, sprockets, twin blade shutter, oil resevoir, and film gate. The projector head projected silent films only.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on right side of projector: BAIRD / Embossed in brass on label on left side of projector: -IMPORTANT- THIS MECHANISM IS TO BE USED ONLY WITH A.C. -AT THE ARC- / Embossed in brass on product label inside projector: BAIRD MOTION-PICTURE MACHINE CO. NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. PATENTS APPLIED FOR MACHINE No750. / Embossed in black inside projector: 260 P, 80 P, 270P
