Kinetoscope

OBJECT TYPE: Viewer
MANUFACTURER: Edison Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NJ, West Orange
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Edison Kinetoscope
  Peep-Show Kinetoscope
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1894
PATENT DATE: Aug 24, 1891 (filed)
IMAGE SIZE: 18 x 24 mm x ~50ft
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: ~1000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: film, silent

NOTES:
  Oak bodied Kinetoscope, with floral design on side;
  2 plaques on top: "Edison Kinetoscope manufactured by Edison Mfg. Co.,
  Orange, N.J. USA No. 1026" and "Patent Applied For".
  Parlor motion picture viewer for continuous 50 feet of "standard" 35mm
  film running at about 40 frames per second; duration of films is about
  20 seconds. Rotating disc shutter with slit provides intermittent.
  Shutter is 11½ inches in diameter with 1/8 inch slot.
  Dimensions: 120.8cmH X 45.3cmW X 68.1cmL.
  Viewing lens (peephole): 13.8cm X 10.0cm X 10cm.
  .
  Designed by Edison's assistant, W.K.L. Dickson.
  Kinetoscope in GEH collection is most complete example known.

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: film

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: T4522.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. 60-67.//