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OBJECT TYPE: 16MM/SOUND
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0089.001

MANUFACTURER: Radio Corp. of America
MODEL: PG-201
LOCATION: Camden, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1968
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PRIMARILY METAL; GLASS OPTICS; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS. MOUNTED INSIDE WOODEN CASE. CASE HAS LEATHER COVERED HANDLE.

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Cine images
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Camden

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR PROBABLY USED C. MID-1940S +
Canada: THIS PROJECTOR WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY CRAWLEY FILMS LTD., OTTAWA AN INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1939. IN IT'S 50+ YEAR HISTORY, CRAWLEY FILMS PRODUCED OVER 4,000 FILMS; WON 260 AWARDS;AND AT IT'S PEAK, EMPLOYED OVER 150 PEOPLE. FOUNDED JUST PRIOR TO THE NFB, CRAWLEY PRODUCED MANY TRAINING & ED. FILMS.
Function: USED TO PROJECT MOVING IMAGES ONTO A SURFACE FOR VIEWING, AND T REPRODUCE RECORDED SOUND.
Technical: PROFESSIONAL QUALITY 16MM SOUND PROJECTOR WITH SEPARATE SPEAKER, MFD BY RCA.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate fixed to top of case reads " 16 MM. PROJECTOR-EQUIPMENT/ CSA. APP. LR 4645/ MI-/ 1342-1/ SERIAL/ 1968/ 105-125/ VOLTS/ RCA [logo]/ 60/ CYCLES/ 1250 WATTS/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MARCA REG/ STRADA/ SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE/ RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ CAMDEN, N.J. U.S.A.". Orange decal, above "[logo]/ Crawley Films/ LIMITED/ OTTAWA, CANADA". Second Crawley decal appears inside, on projector body. Round "RCA" plate also fixed to projector body. All controls, etc. labelled. Lens housing incised "RCA 2 INCH F:1.6 COATED LENS- MADE IN USA".
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: PROJECTOR HAS ARMY GREEN WRINKLE-TEXTURED ENAMEL FINISH; BLACK & SILVER METAL FITTINGS, CONTROLS, ETC.
Decoration: N/A

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Radio Corp. of America, Projector, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 2000.0089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2000.0089.001/

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