Mutoscope
Viewer
Mutoscope
ca. 1900
Metal, glass, and paper
Overall: 76 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (193 × 47 × 47 cm) (exceeds 50 lbs)
Museum accession
1993.0101.0005
DescriptionYellow and brown, vaulted, electrically lit, hand-cranked mutoscope with brass cranking handle, coin slot, glass view port, pilot light, light shroud, sign frame, power cord and flip-card spool. The spool displays a one minute show.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on product label on front of mutoscope: TRADE MARK, MUTOSCOPE, THIS MACHINE SOLD AND PURCHASED FOR USE ONLY WITH PICTURES MANUFACTURED BY THE AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE AND BIOGRAPH CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A., PATENTED NOV. 5-95, JAN. 25-98, APR. 26-98, NOV. 22-98, FEB. 14-99, JUNE 25, 1900. No 6236 / Embossed in yellow on base of mutoscope: DL, DL, DL, DL / Written in black on spool inside mutoscope: Tom Mit THE MIRACLE RIDER
