Approved Standard Motion Picture Machine
Projector
American Moving Picture Machine Company
American, 1910 – 1910
Approved Standard Motion Picture Machine
ca. 1897
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 49 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 46 in. (125.7 × 47 × 116.8 cm)
Purchase, 1988
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, 35mm, hand-cranked motion picture projector with 2 inch projection lens, diopter projection lens, carbon arc lamp house, dowser, guide rails, upper film can, lower film can, self-winding film mechanism, and slide carrier. The projector accepts dual 400 foot film reels.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass on product label on right side of film can on front of projector: APPROVED STANDARD AUTOMATIC MOVING PICTURE MACHINE AND SELF WINDING FILM DEVICES. PROTECTED BY OVER 15 PATENTS GRANTED & PENDING SOLE MANUFACTURERS AMERICAN MOVING PICTURE MACHINE CO. NEW YORK / Embossed in brass on product label on right side of lamp house on back of projector: APPROVED STANDARD AUTOMATIC MOVING PICTURE MACHINE AND SELF WINDING FILM DEVICES. PROTECTED BY OVER 15 PATENTS GRANTED & PENDING SOLE MANUFACTURERS AMERICAN MOVING PICTURE MACHINE CO. NEW YORK / Embossed in brass on product label on front of projector: APPROVED STANDARD AUTOMATIC MOVING PICTURE MACHINE AND SELF WINDING FILM DEVICES. PROTECTED BY OVER 15 PATENTS GRANTED & PENDING SOLE MANUFACTURERS AMERICAN MOVING PICTURE MACHINE CO. NEW YORK / Engraved in metal on front of projector: 213 / Embossed and engraved in metal on patent label on front of projector: AMERICAN MOVING PICTURE MACHINE CO. MANUFACTURERS. MFR'S SERIAL No 213. SPECIAL LICENSE No 72 PATENTED, NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897. NO. 580,749, APRIL 13, 1897. NO. 586,953, JULY 20, 1897 NO. 673,326, APRIL 30, 1901. NO. 673,992, MAY 14. 1901. NO. 707,934 AUG. 26, 1902. NO. 722,382. MARCH 10, 1903. [ILLEGIBLE] / Embossed in black on projector stand: AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE CO. NEW YORK
