Electric lead and plugs to connect Optiscope lantern projector electric illuminent to mains source
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Fabric, Bakelite
Measurements
70 x 200 x 190 mm (coiled)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525231.5
Summary
Electric lead and plugs to connect Optiscope lantern projector electric illuminent to mains source. The projector-end plug has a two-pin female socket and is marked "Tucker, England", while the mains plug is three-pin and marked "Walsall 5 amp Made in England to BSS 546".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986