Mutoscope
Viewer
Mutoscope
ca. 1900
Metal and glass
Overall: 53 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (136.5 × 47 × 47 cm)
1982.1619.0002
DescriptionRed and yellow, ironhorse clamshell, vaulted, hand-cranked mutoscope with coin slot, skylight diffuser, brass hand crank, glass view port, pressure foot, and light shroud. The mutoscope mechanism is incomplete and would accept a 1000 flip-card spool.
Inscriptions Embossed in red around base of mutoscope: B, B, B, B, B / Embossed in metal on product label on front of mutoscope: PUSH PENNY IN SLOT THEN TURN CRANK TO THE RIGHT, TRADEMARK MUTOSCOPE, PATENTED ·NOV. 5-95, JAN. 25-98·APR.26-98, NOV.22-98·FEB.14-99 OTHER PATENTS PENDING No L3133 PROPERTY OF AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE AND BIOGRAPH CO. NEW YORK ·U·S·A· / Printed in black on tachometer inside mutoscope: 41006
