Improved Reading Light, (black painted box, 10 in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: T.H. McAllister
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY, New York
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Lecturer's reading lamp
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890-
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $5.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: reading lamp

NOTES:
  black reading light; burner with cover; red lens with hinged cover
  sliding compartment at bottom (for matches)
  with wood box
  stenciled on lamp cover: "McAllister - Optician - New York"
  used as reading lamp for person conducting magic lantern slide show
  red light used as signal for communicating with slide show operator
  measurements: 24.4cm H X 7.8cm W X 8.1cm L
  _________box: 10.3cm H X 10.8cm W X 27.5cmL

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: M1142.00003

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: T.H. McAllister. --Catalogue of Stereopticons, Dissolving-View Apparatus and Magic Lanterns; With List of Several Thousand Artistically-Finished Views for the Illustration of all Subjects of Popular Interest.-- New York: T.H. McAllister, 1890 February. 47.//