magic lantern slide projector
Date1845-1855
Inventory NumberWJ0119
ClassificationProjector
Subject
Maker
Lerebours et Secretan
fl. 1845 - 1855
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsprojector: 32 × 17.5 × 53.6 cm (12 5/8 × 6 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.)
case: 35.5 × 22.3 × 58.2 cm (14 × 8 3/4 × 22 15/16 in.)
case: 35.5 × 22.3 × 58.2 cm (14 × 8 3/4 × 22 15/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriescarrying case; slide holders (2); brass lens cap
DescriptionMade of wood, this slide projector is in perfect condition. Light was provided by an oil lamp, the exhaust chimney is on top of the light housing. The projection tube can move back and forth to adjust the focus. There are two slide holders, one holding a single and the other dual glass plates. The instrument was stored away in a carrying case.
Signedon projection tube: LEREBOURS / et SECRETAN / à Paris
ProvenancePsychology Department, William James Hall, Harvard University.
Lerebours et Secretan
Date: 1845-1855
Accessories: 2 convertible objectives; 3 nosepieces; 1 larger objective; 1 ocular; right-angled and straight tubes; mechanical stage; dissecting set; mechanical stage; case with drawer.
Object number: 1220
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: metal case; spare projection mirror; GE operational bulbs (2); one blown bulb; objective(2); lenses (2); wooden slide holders (2); extendable neck
Object number: 2007-1-0066
Théodore and Albert Duboscq
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: small metal piece
Object number: 1998-1-1635
American Optical Company
Date: circa 1945
Accessories: slide holders (3); alternate lenses (2); lantern slides (2)
Object number: WJ1129
Nicolas Marie Paymal Lerebours
Date: 1830-1845
Object number: 1997-1-1681
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1900-1950
Accessories: slide holder, sheet holder [opaque], missing lantern slide lens [opaque], variable sheet holder, electrical cord attached
Object number: 1997-1-1884
Eastman Kodak Company
Date: 1945-1955
Accessories: lens attachment; 100-watt T8 GE bulb in box; "Tri-X Pan" film box (empty except for paper); slide of New York skyline
Object number: 2003-1-0051
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: 1860-1879, 1882-1885
Accessories: 2nd mirror; 2nd brass cover for mirror mount hole; 2nd face plate with twin lenses (originally found with 1998-1-1635 which it did not fit. Jan 2008).
Object number: 1997-1-1469a,b
Eastman Kodak Company
Date: circa 1980
Accessories: power strip; carrousel (2), slides
Object number: 2004-1-0159a
Eastman Kodak Company
Date: circa 1980
Accessories: power strip
Object number: 2004-1-0161a
