Antique 35mm Hand-Crank Movie Projector, Patented 1899, Built Circa 1902

Description

Offered for your serious consideration is this circa 1902 Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company's 35mm Optigraph #2 Motion Picture Projector head … more Offered for your serious consideration is this circa 1902 Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company's 35mm Optigraph #2 Motion Picture Projector head with original lens and film feed arm with original reel.

Enterprise Optical was founded in Chicago in 1890 by Alvah Roebuck (The engineering genius of the later Sears-Roebuck Company). The company evolved and was later to manufacture the line of Motiograph iconic theater projectors.

This very rare example, patented July 4, 1899, is supplied as the hand crank picture head with original focusable lens, table stand, crank, gate, feed reel arm and original reel only.

There is no lamphouse included but when these were in original use, acetylene gas was used to light up the lamphouse and illuminate the projected film image.

A wonderful cinema artifact for display at home, office or in your media room.

Museums and private collectors please take note.


About CinemaAntiques:

CinemaAntiques has dedicated workshops, warehouses and galleries in Dallas Texas USA where we prepare, display and sell our rare Motion Picture equipment Antiques.

Our Cinema Antiques are perfect for display in residential, industrial and museum settings. Collectors and museums worldwide are some of our clients. Our Antiques also offer a unique sculpture look that is one of a kind and awe inspiring.

We offer one of the most complete and accurately curated selections of authentic Cinema Antiques, for sale, in the world. Many of our items were used in actual Hollywood Feature Motion Pictures, and we can only imagine the Movie Stars and entertainment Giants that paraded in front of these lights and cameras.

As decorative “sculpture” or authentic Hollywood Cinema and Entertainment Memorabilia, our Cinema Antiques offer both a collectible and historical piece of the Hollywood Movie Industry, while at the same time presenting as an artistic and industrial piece of sculpture for your home, business or collection.

We offer a signed and sealed Certificate of Authenticity with all Vintage items sold.
We have been active collectors and curators of vintage Motion Picture Equipment for over 49 years. During this time we have amassed a superb and rare ongoing collection of Vintage: movie cameras, Hollywood studio lights, film studio audio / microphones and other highly collectible artifacts of the Hollywood Film Production Industry.

We have been selling collectible Cinema Antiques since 1969 and are experts in the field. We have done certified cinema movie equipment appraisals for Banks, have served as Expert Witnesses in the legal system and have given our expert guidance to various museums.

We specialize in CERTIFIED Cinema Antiques and Artifacts Circa 1900 to 1969 and beyond, representing the Art Nouveau, Machine Age, Art Deco, Industrial Age and Mid Century Periods.
All of our Antiques are guaranteed to be as described and photographed.

Due to the special nature of rare and artifact Antiques, we can make no claim for the suitability of any Cinema Vintage Artifact or item for your intended purposes and use and we remind our clients that all Antiques are subject to prior sale.

NOTE:
Due to the nature of online photo reproduction we cannot be responsible for exact photographic color, hue, contrast and flash and non flash exposure accuracy in our photos. While we do our best to display photos that are as accurate as possible, our photos may or may not depict the absolute EXACT hue or color tone of our Antiques due to the many variables in image photography, image exporting, image uploading and viewer monitor accuracy. Please ask about color tone and hue BEFORE buying, if this is a concern!

NOTE:
In the interest of Vintage presentation and historical accuracy, we do not alter or modify our electrical, optical, mechanical or electronic Antiques, with the exception of some vintage light fixtures (which we DO correctly convert internally to modern electrical working household standards). Therefore some electrical and mechanical items MAY or may not perform and operate. We sell these as accurate display and collectible Vintage items. We suggest that these artifacts be used for display and not be operated. Please ask for more details on operability of our electrical and mechanical Antiques if operability is a concern.
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