Pathé Baby
Projector

Pathé Exchange, Inc.

American, 1914 – 1931

Pathé Baby

Pathex Motion Picture Projector


c 1925
Metal, glass and silicate brick
Overall (projector): 12 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in., 5.1 lb. (31.8 × 11.4 × 19.7 cm, 2.3 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1978.0191.0120
DescriptionPainted black, vaulted, 9.5mm, electrically lighted, hand-cranked, motion picture projector with 10mm focusing lens, lamp house, reflector, takeup chamber, automatic film stop, focusing lever, projection crank, rewind crank, current contact posts and rheostat in original box. The projector accepts 20 volt lamps and 25 foot reel of film.
Inscriptions Stamped on brass label on right side of projector: 20.066 / Embosed in brass product label on left side of camera: TRADE MARK, PATHEX / Printed in black on back of projector: 105 Volts 115 / Engraved on top of Projector: MADE IN FRANCE / Inscribed in white on bottom of projector: 78:191:120 / Written in black on white label on bottom of camera: 78:191:120

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