Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
Viewer
Mechanism for tin box style mutoscope
ca. 1904
Metal
Overall: 13 1/2 × 5 × 12 5/8 in., 7.2 lb. (34.3 × 12.7 × 32.1 cm, 3.3 kg)
Gift of Douglass Crockwell
1993.0102.0005
DescriptionBare-metal, vaulted, hand-cranked, early motion picture device with mounting brackets, spool holder, and worm gear mounted to crank shaft. The device would be mounted inside a mutoscope and equipped with a drum of about 1,000 opaque cards giving the viewer about one minute of view-time.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on side of mechanism: S 101, S 105 / inscribed in white on side of projector: 93:0102:05
