double magic lantern projector
name: label: maker
content: Pike, Jr., Benjamin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A double magic lantern projector that's been converted from oil to electric lamps. The dual projector allows for one slide to be shown while another is changed. Printed on front and sides: "Benj. Pike Jr. 294 Broadway New York". The incandescent lamps currently installed date from no earlier than the mid-1920s and are probably later than that.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0743.383
label: accession number
content: 1989.0743
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0743.383
label: collector/donor number
content: 79.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Double Magic Lantern
label: Object Name
content: magic lantern
label: Object Name
content: lantern
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 19 in x 21 3/4 in; 71.12 cm x 48.26 cm x 55.245 cm
label: Measurements
content: wooden part: 1 3/16 in x 1/2 in x 7 1/8 in; 3.01625 cm x 1.27 cm x 18.0975 cm