Kinetoscope
Projector
Kinetoscope
ca. 1906
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 15 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 8 1/8 in., 20.9 lb. (38.7 × 31.8 × 20.6 cm, 9.5 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1674.0065
DescriptionPainted-black, vaulted, 35mm, hand-cranked, motion picture projector with 1.5 inch projection lens, framing adjustment lever, crank handle, flywheel, slide carrier frame, two-blade perforated shutter and wood cover case.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on black product label on front of projector: EDISON KINETOSCOPE EXHIBITION MODEL MADE BY THOMAS A. EDISON INC., ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. PATENTED, NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897. NO. 580,749, APRIL 13, 1897. NO. 586,953, JULY 20, 1897. NO. 673,328, APRIL 30, 1901. NO. 673,982, MAY 14, 1901. NO. 707,934, AUGUST 26, 1902. NO. 722,382, MARCH 10, 1903. THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHT TO USE IT SOLEY WITH MOVING PICTURES CONTAINING THE INVENTION OF REISSUED PATENT NO. 12,182, LEASED BY A LICENSEE OF THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, THE OWNER OF THE ABOVE PATENTS AND REISSUED PATENT, WHILE IT OWNS SAID PATENTS, AND UPON OTHER TERMS TO BE FIXED BY THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY AND COMPLIED WITH BY THE USER WHILE IT IS IN USE AND WHILE THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY OWNS SAID PATENTS, THE REMOVAL OR DEFACEMANT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY. NEW YORK. N.Y., U.S.A. MFR'S SERIAL NO. 13304, SPECIAL LICENSE NO 7453 / Embossed in brass on front of projector: 5 / Embossed in white on red label on front of projector: 46 / Inscribed in white on front of projector: 78:1674:65 / Stamped in wood inside projector cover: 29 / Engraved in metal on mechanism inside projector: G 13522
