General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL CASING/ NON-FERROUS METAL LENS CASING & PARTS/ GLASS CHIMNEY/ WOOD BASE

Dimensions

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

Length

19.4 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

18.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PLANCK

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

AFTER 1900

Canada

PROJECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY ONE AND/OR OTHER OF DONORS IN CANADIAN SMALL TOWN HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES (V. COLLINS).

Function

DEVICE FOR PROJECTION OF GLASS LANTERN SLIDES USING INTERNAL OIL LAMP AS LIGHT SOURCE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SIMPLE TYPE OF MAGIC LANTERN WHICH EMPLOYED FLAME AS LIGHT SOURCE AND HAD SIMPLE LENSE FOR PROJECTION. IT IS, IN STYLE, IDENTICAL TO LANTERNS SOLD BY ERNST PLANCK OF GERMANY FROM LATE 19TH TO EARLY 2OTH CENTURIES (I.E. 1880S TO 1920S). THESE TOYS WERE VERY POPULAR IN PERIOD & WERE MOSTLY OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LOGO ON CASING CONTAINING LETTERS "E P"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE - NO LANTERN SLIDESINCLUDED

Finish

DARK GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC & BRASS COLOURED METAL/ BROWN STAINED WOOD WITH BLACK PAINTED EDGES

Decoration

N/A