General Information

Serial #

903

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Lantern box - sheet metal/ Brass/ Iron/ Steel

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

81.2 cm

Width

30.5 cm

Height

83.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Edison

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Orange

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This projector may have been used in Canada. Before 1905, cinema exhibitions were carried out by itinerant showmen in vaudeville houses and theatres, at country fairs, and in stores, halls, churches, etc. They usually formed part of the bill with other entertainments. By the end of 1905, permanent storefront "nickelodeons" had become the primary venue for film viewing in Canada.

Function

To project moving images.

Technical

Example of an early cinema film projector. Although the Edison company's "peep-show" type Kinetoscope (1893) was the first commercial system for viewing motion picture film, projection of an enlarged image was pioneered by others. Edison introduced the Projecting Kinetoscope in 1897 in response to this competition.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate reads: "UNDERWRITERS MODEL, TYPE B./ EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPE/ MADE BY/ EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A./ MFR'S SERIAL No 903 SPECIAL LICENSE No 599/ PATENTED/ NO. 578,185, MARCH 2, 1897. NO.580, 749, APRIL 13, 1897. NO. 586,953, JULY 20, 1897./ NO. 673,329, APRIL 30, 1901. NO. 673,992, MAY 14, 1901. NO. 707, 934, AUGUST 28, 1902./ NO. 722,382, MARCH 10, 1903./ THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHT TO USE/ IT SOLELY WITH MOVING PICTURES CONTAINING THE INVENTION OF REISSUED/ PATENT NO. 12,192, LEASED BY A LICENSEE OF THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS/ COMPANY, THE OWNER OF THE ABOVE PATENTS AND REISSUED PATENT, WHILE IT OWNS/ SAID PATENTS, AND UPON OTHER TERMS TO BE FIXED BY THE MOTION PICTURE/ PATENTS COMPANY AND COMPLIED WITH BY THE USER WHILE IT IS IN USE AND WHILE/ THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY OWNS SAID PATENTS. THE REMOVAL/ OR DEFACEMENT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE./ MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY./ NEW YORK N.Y., U.S.A."

Missing

From CA of 03/15/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete. *NOTE: fifth leg most likely catalogued and stored with 690190

Finish

Black lacquered or japanned.

Decoration

N/A