PROJECTOR, MOTION-PICTURE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- THEATRE PROJ. SILENT FILM
- Date Range From
- 1906
- Date Range To
- 1912
- Materials
- IRON, STEEL, TIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19870049000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- THEATRE PROJ. SILENT FILM
- Date Range From
- 1906
- Date Range To
- 1912
- Materials
- IRON, STEEL, TIN
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 122.5
- Length
- 121.0
- Width
- 50.8
- Description
- PROJECTOR CONSISTS OF CARBON ARC RODS, CONTROLS AND HOUSING MOUNTED ON RAILS FOR ADJUSTMENT. A FILM WINDING MECHANISM MOUNTED ABOVE TAKE-UP REEL HOUSING. MISSING LENS. UNIT SITS ON 4 LEGS AND IRON FRAME. LEG EXTENSIONS MISSING. OTHER PARTS MAY BE MISSING. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- VISUAL COMMUNICATION T&E
- History
- POWERS CAMERAGRAPH, NEW YORK NICOLAS POWERS NO. 6 CAMERAGRAPH. ORIGINAL PROJECTOR OF EMPRESS THEATRE (1912-1950'S) LOCATED ON 5TH ST. SO. DONOR'S FATHER OWNED THEATRE. REQUIRED 2 PEOPLE TO OPERATE LIGHT GENERATED FROM CARBON ARC SPARKS SUPPLIED BY BATTERY. ORIGINATING IN SILENT FILM ERA, WAS REPLACED IN 1930'S WITH ADVENT OF "TALKIES". CARBON ARC TECHNOLOGY WAS INVENTED IN 1808 BY HUMPHRY DAVY. IT PRODUCES A BRILLIANT LIGHT SO LONG AS THE CARBON RODS CAN BE KEPT THE PROPER DISTANCE APART. IT HAS THE DISADVANTAGE OF PRODUCING A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE & HEAT.
- Catalogue Number
- P19870049000
- Acquisition Date
- 1987-08
- Collection
- Museum
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