35mm cine camera/projector
Camera
L. Gaumont & Cie.
French, ca. 1890s–1940s
35mm cine camera/projector
ca. 1897
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 11 7/16 × 7 11/16 × 4 15/16 in. (29 × 19.5 × 12.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0210.0024
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, 35mm, hand-cranked, motion picture camera with f/1.5 lens, footage gauge, frame counter and 2 wooden magazines. The magazines accept 400 feet of film.
Inscriptions Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: Made in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y. Kodak Flure Ektar 25mm f/1.5 Mag 12:8 EI 102 / Engraved in brass on mechanism mount inside camera: Se. DEMENY Bte. S.G.D.G. L. GAUMONT & Cie PARIS / Stamped in brass on mechanism mount inside camera: 1392 / Stamped in wood, inside lens door and inside rear access panel: 8 / Engraved in black on footage gauges above lens: 0-100 increments 0-10 increments
