Magic Lantern
Projector

Magic Lantern

ca. 1900
Metal, glass, and porcelain
Overall: 10 × 5 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 14.6 × 39.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionBlack, vaulted slide projector with condensor lens, projection lens, and focus knob. There is unpainted metal as the inside, bottom plate and back wall of the projector. Mounted to the unpainted metal is a light socket, bulb and cord with the plug removed. Unpainted metal and light source do not appear to be original. There is an unpainted metal plate covering the rectangular chimney opening. The cover does not appear to be original.
Inscriptions Embossed on the back door: BREVETE S.G.D.G. Patent / Painted on the lightbulb: GE Photoflood No.1 115-120v

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