35mm MOVIE PROJECTORS and RELATED ITEMS

IN MY COLLECTION

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Acme portable “SVE” 1922, type F, with magic lantern attachment, Made by the Acme Motion Picture Projector Co., made in Chicago, IL, USA, serial number 5833

Acme portable “SVE” 1922, type G, made in Chicago, IL, USA, serial number 10126.

American Projectoscope, ca 1920, No M5, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 3177

Anonymous #1, earliest known Greek made projector, found in Athens Greece

Anonymous #2, wonderful workmanship on top of wooden box, probably American

Anonymous #3, Head only, probably German, Located in Greece

Anonymous #4, a bioscope type projector probably of English manufacture

Anonymous #5, a semi-professional projector probably of German origin

Anonymous #6, a heavy duty professional projector, probably of German origin

Anonymous #7, “Projektionskopf” probably German, professional grade circa 1905

Anonymous #8, head and upper reel assembly, probably German, Located in Greece

Anonymous #9, a light weight but well built projector head, probably German.

Athena, head only, 1950’s made in Athens Greece, serial number 91, (Numbering started at 50), Located in Greece

Bauer B8, Made in Stuttgart, Germany, serial number B8R9-95 123, Located in Greece

Bing, complete projector minus reel arm made in Nuremberg Germany, Serial number 1872

Bioscope, Warwick, 1897, Head only, reel arm and shutter remade new. Made in New York, NY, USA, no serial number.

Bioscope, Urban, 1905+ head only, made in England, serial number 1142.

Bioscope, 1905+ Unknown maker, head only, made in England, no serial number.

Cameragraph number 5, 1907, head only, made in New York, NY, USA, Serial number 666

Cameragraph number 6, 1909+, complete, minus four legs. Made in New York, NY, USA, Serial number 6351, patents license 9331

Cameragraph number 6 1909+, head only, made in New York, NY, USA, Serial number 32677

Cameragraph number 6B, 1909+ mounted on stand, made in New York, NY, in USA. In Plainfield BK. Serial number

Carette & Co., George. Before 1905, (stamped GC&CON) made in Nuremberg, Germany. Dating based on the Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern, London 2001.

Cinemechanica Victoria IVB, 1942, made in Italy, serial number 4747, Located in Greece

Cosmograph model 1GR type A, 1903-1908 portable in wooden box, made in Morehead, KY, USA, No serial number

Cosmograph model 16R type A, 1903-1908 portable in wooden box, made in Morehead KY, USA, No serial number

Cello Type A, 1918, portable, made in East Boston, Mass., USA, serial number 838

De Vry suitcase style portable TYPE E-, 1928? made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 9847

De Vry suitcase style portable TYPE ESF, 1942, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 14987

De Vry suitcase style portable TYPE ESP, ca 1945 made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 30108

Drophead projector, 1920’s, made in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA, serial number 72

Ernemann toy & home use projectors

Ernemann Toy Projector, head only with top reel arm ca 1910 made in Dresden, Germany, no serial number

Ernemann Kinopticon 1914 home projector, made in Dresden, Germany, No serial number,

Ernemann Kinox I, 1914, complete except for crank, made in Dresden, Germany

Ernemann, Kinox II, 1922, incomplete projector (front missing), made in Dresden, Germany.

Ernemann Commercial Projectors

Ernemann Monarch, ca 1911, head only, housing chipped at top, made in Dresden, Germany, serial number 687447

Ernemann 1, (Krupp-Ernemann logo) head only, chipped base. Made in Dresden, Germany, serial number on lens gate 1346633

Ernemann I, similar to above, head only, made in Dresden, Germany, Serial number 12994

Gaumont, 1915, Rouge 911, made in France, Located in Greece

Graphoscope Junior, 1916, made by Francis Jenkins, Mfg by A. S. Campbell Co Made in Washington, D.C., USA, serial number 842

Hahn-Goerz, Hahn I, 1919, projector head only, made in Kassel Germany Located in Greece

Hollywood, green toy projector made for Montgomery ward, of Chicago, IL, USA, No serial number.

Hollywood, green toy projector made for Montgomery ward, of Chicago, IL, USA, No serial number

ICA monopol I projector, 1914, complete head, made in Dresden, Germany, Serial number 31944

JF (Johann Falk) small toy projector, made in Nuremberg Germany, no serial number

Kaplan, Simplex imitation, serial number K2103

Keystone Moviegraph, Model No, 575W, smaller type toy projector, Made in Boston, MA, no serial number

Keystone (probably) larger toy projector, (no name plate) made in Boston, Mass., USA No serial number

Keystone model No. 154-W, top of the line toy projector, made in Boston, Mass., USA

Keystone model 198W, top of the line toy projector, made in Boston Mass., USA

Kalee Indomitable, ca 1915, by Kershaw and Sons Ltd., made in London/Leeds, England, Serial number 1019, Located in Greece

KINETOSCOPES

Kinetoscope, 1897, the oldest known projecting Kinetoscope spoolbank, Serial number 16

Kinetoscope Type 3, 1900-1902, wooden case, gear driven take up reel, Serial number 1248

Kinetoscope, ca 1905, wooden case, serial number 7821, wooden case, unusual Heavy duty modification, serial Number plate removed

Kinetoscope, incomplete, mechanism only, no wooden case, serial number plate Removed

Kinetoscope type B, 1911, metal casing, outside shutter, Serial number plate removed.

Kinetoscope, Universal. 1903+, home made base, lamp housing of unknown origin. Serial number 793

KH17/600, a Russian Built projector, made from a pre WW II German design, Serial number 925,003

Knittel, DiGiglio or TA-LI-KI portable, 1923, made by Bruno Knittel of Dresden Germany, with wooden box, Serial number 4747

Kolograph, Model D, 1913, complete machine (legs new), made in Indianapolis. IN., USA, Serial number 11120

Lang, A prototype made around 1910 by the Lang Manufacturing Works, never put in Production, made in Olean, NY, USA

Loffel Phoenix,made ca 1926 by Loffel in Leipzig, Germany. Only 150 made, Serial number 139

Lubin, complete on wood stand, made in Philadelphia, PA, USA, serial number 2832.

Lubin, Cineograph, all metal projector, made in Philadelphia, PA, USA, serial number 5473.

Mazo, Cine Mazo ca 1920, made in Paris, France

Messter, Thaumatograph, 1902, a variant of model XI, Made in Berlin, Germany, Serial number 578

Monarch, 1915, head only, two shutters remade new, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 3017, several models were made

Motiograph 1A, 1912, complete minus the wooden base, made in Chicago, IL, USA,Serial number 9112154

Motiograph DELUXE, 1921, made in Chicago, IL, USA, serial number 2150507

Motiograph model AA, 1946, Made in Chicago, IL, USA, (19 pieces).

Nitzsche, Saxonia I, 1907, made in Leipzig, Germany, serial number 636.

Optigraph number 2, 1899, with lamp housing, made in Chicago, IL, USA No serial number visible.

Optigraph number 3, 1900, with lamp housing, made in Chicago, IL, USA, No serial number visible.

Optigraph number 4, 1907, with lamp housing, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number 122064

Optica, 1921, made in Berlin, Germany, incomplete portable, serial number 2174

Optica, 1921, made in Berlin, Germany, complete portable, serial number 4597

Pathe before 1910, complete head with reel holder and film cans, France, Serial number 19761

Pathe after 1920, complete head with miniature lamphouse, France, Serial number 35692

Pathe-Lumiere. 1900-1902, A hybrid projector, France, serial number C1 126

Peerless, 1908, made by George A. Knaak Co. in Oshkosh Wisconsin, USA

Peerless, 1920, portable, made by Peerless Projector Co., New York, NY, USA Serial number 10548

Phebus Marseilles, ca 1923 complete in perfect order, France, no serial number visible

Planck. Ernest, ca1905, made in Nuremberg Germany, toy projector, Located in Greece

Rotoscope, 1898, made by William Charles Hughes of London, England

Selig Polyscope. Complete projector with magic lantern. Made in Chicago, IL, USA No serial number.

Simplex, complete machine located in Plainfield BK. Serial number _______

Simplex, complete machine locatedin Aurora BK. Serial number _______

Simplex, before 1921, head only, serial number 1044

Simplex, before 1921, complete machine, my very first 35mm movie projector.

Serial number 1050? an Early conversion to sound on film.

Simplex, before 1921, head only, serial number 7644?

Simplex, before 1921, head with some gears missing, Serial number 12246.

Simplex, before 1921, head only, serial number 13522

Simplex, before 1921, head only, serial number 13886

Simplex, after 1921, head only, serial number 16481

Simplex, after 1921, complete, serial number 17626 on a Western Electric base

Simplex, after 1921, head only, serial number 18890

Simplex, after 1921, head with some gears missing, serial number 26017.

Simplex, after 1921, head with some gears missing, serial number 45296.

Simplex, after 1921, complete machine with rectangular base, serial number 56930. With a Christie Electric Corp. Xenolite model H-10, serial number HFD-656.

Mr. Robert Doran has informed me that the 1921 start serial number is 15,850. The 1927 start serial number begins with 25,835.

Solus, 1924, portable projector on wood base with metal cover, Paris, France No serial number visible.

Superior type M. 1923+, incomplete projector head, made in Coxsackie, NY, USA, Serial number 1270

Wenzel. 1939? Complete machine on five point stand, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number W4-3615

Wenzel. 1939? Complete machine on five point stand, made in Chicago, IL, USA, Serial number W4-3759

The above two Wenzel projectors were formerly in a theatre in Alabama owned by Sam Bower "the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan." Who was convicted of conspriacy to commit murder.

Zenith, model D, 1921? portable, no lamp house, made in Duluth, Minn., USA, Serial number 11,260

Titler, Assorted 35 MM, Titler's, Cutters, and Frame Viewers

TOTAL: 120 35 mm movie projectors in my collection.

On the CD, there is a breakdown of my entire collection of Projectors, not just 35 MM ones, as well as my collections of accessory eqiuipment, magic lanterns, slides and much more.