Edison Projecting Kinetoscope
Projector
Edison Manufacturing Company
American, 1889–1911
Edison Projecting Kinetoscope
Universal Projecting Kinetoscope
ca. 1901
Metal, wood and glass
Overall (projector): 14 3/4 × 12 × 34 1/4 in., 28.2 lb. (37.5 × 30.5 × 87 cm, 12.8 kg)
Museum accession
DescriptionPainted black, vaulted, 35mm, hand cranked, motion picture projector with projection lens, lamp house, arc lamp, two carbons, carbon feed levers, slide carrier frame, film gate adjustment lever, front slide rod and rear slide rod. The projector would have come with a take-up mechanism, rheostat, and idler mechanism. The projector accepts dual 400 foot reels.
Inscriptions Inscribed in white on base of projector: 78:167477 / Embossed in brass on product label on front of projector: EDISON UNIVERSAL PROJECTING KINETOSCCOPE MANUFACTURED BY EDISON MFG. CO., ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. PAT. MAR. 14, 1893. NO. 941 OTHER PATENTS PENDING. / Engraved in brass on lens on front of projector: EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Orange, N.J. U.S.A. / Printed in gold on product label on left side of projector head: TRADE MARK, Thomas A Edison / Stamped in black on lamp house cover: Kglo / Embossed in silver on arc lamp inside lamp house: A, D
