Series 35 mutoscope
Viewer
Series 35 mutoscope
ca. 1910
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 19 7/8 × 10 × 19 5/8 in., 24.3 lb. (50.5 × 25.4 × 49.8 cm, 11 kg)
Gift of Gen. and Mrs. Douglas Weart
1978.1613.0001
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, hand-cranked mutoscope with glass viewport, brass handcrank, light-directing mirror, access door, pressure foot, worm gear mechanism and tilt. The mutoscope accepts a spool of about 1000 flip cards.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on product label on front of mutoscope: TRADE MARK, MUTOSCOPE, MADE BY AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE & BIOSCOPE Co. NEW YORK, U.S.A. PAT. NOV. 5 1895, JAN. 25 1898, APR. 26 1898. No 221 / Inscribed in white on back of mutoscope: 78:1613:1 / Inscribed in white inside the mutoscope: 76:306:1
