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OBJECT TYPE: 16MM/SOUND
DATE: 1933
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1124.001

MANUFACTURER: Bell & Howell
MODEL: FILMOSOUND UTILITY 16 MM. SOUND-ON-FILM
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 277138
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION/ SOME BAKELITE FITTINGS/.2-.3 METAL ARMS/ PT CASE: WOODEN BASE HAS COATED-PAPER COVERING ON EXTERIOR/ FELT PADDING ON INTERIOR/ METAL FITTINGS & EDGE & CORNER REINFORCEMENTS/ LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.0 cm
Width: 26.1 cm
Height: 43.0 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: Bell Howell
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: FIRST BELL & HOWELL 16MM SOUND-ON-FILM PROJECTOR. 1600 FT CAPACITY; 500W LAMP; POWER REWIND; BUILT-IN AMPLIFIER (REF.1, P.606)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE SCREWED ON CASE DOOR BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'BELL & HOWELL/ Filmosound/ 'UTILITY'/ 16 MM. SOUND-ON-FILM/ PROJECTOR/ 115 VOLTS 975 WATTS 25 CYCLE/ MADE IN U.S.A.'. IDENTICAL PLATES SCREWED ON CASE BACK & PROJECTOR/ '277138' STAMPED IN PROJECTOR CASING/ PATENT PLATE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'PATENTED/ U.S. PAT. NO./ 1,507,357/ 1,577,030/ 1,587,955/ 1,624,730/ 1,675,554/ 1,680,295/ 1,897,947'/ PLATE SCREWED ABOVE PLUG READS: 'PROJECTOR/ 110 VOLTS AC OR DC'/ PLATE BELOW READS: 'SPEAKER/ AMPLIFIER MUST NOT BE TURNED/ON WITH SPEAKER DISCONTINUED/ AMPLIFIER/ 115 VOLTS AC ONLY/ FUSE/ CAUTION- DIS-CONNECT LINE CORD BEFORE REMOVING FUSE'/ ALL SWITCHES, CONTROLS, ETC. LABELLED.
Missing: LENS
Finish: .1 BLACK CRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON MOST AREAS OFPROJECTOR/ BROWN CRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON LENS HOUSING/ SELECTED COMPONENTS HAVE BRUSHED OR POLISHED SILVER METAL FINISH/.2-.3 BLACK CRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH/ SILVER METAL FITTINGS & TRIM/ CASE PT: BLACK IMITATION COWHIDE COVERING
Decoration: N/A

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Bell & Howell, Projector, after 1933, Artifact no. 1987.1124, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1124.001/

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