Pathex
Projector

Pathé Cinema

Maker
French

Pathex

ca 1925
Metal, glass and silicate brick
Overall: 12 5/8 × 7 × 9 1/4 in., 7.9 lb. (32.1 × 17.8 × 23.5 cm, 3.6 kg)
Gift of James W. Shea, 1957
1978.0191.0115
DescriptionSerail# 15.164 Painted black, vaulted, 9.5mm, electric, hand-cranked or motor driven motion picture projector with 10mm focusing lens, lamp house, reflector, take-up chamber, automatic film stop, focusing lever, projection crank and rewind crank. The projector accepts 20 volt lamps and 25 foot reel of film.
Inscriptions Stamped in brass on plate on right side of projector: 15.164 / Engraved in gold below rheostat lever on back of projector: 105 Volts 115 / Engraved in black on top of projector: MADE IN FRANCE / Embossed in brass on plate on left side of projector: PATHEX / Painted on gold below plate on left side of projector: TRADE MARK / Engraved in white on black plate on base of projector: PRESENTED BY BURKE & JAMES, INC. CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS / Printed in black on silver lable on top of motor: Pathex UNIVERSAL MOTOR 110 V. A.C. D.C. / Typed in black on white label on bottom of projector: 6545

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