A collection of sundry items associated with a limelight-illuminent lantern slide projector
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Cardboard, Wood, Limestone
Measurements
120 x 180 x 120 mm (in box)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525232.5
Summary
A collection of sundry items associated with a limelight-illuminent lantern slide projector; 1. in a broken cardboard box (with address label marked "Captain F. Hazle C.A., Church Army Lantern Dept., 14 Edgware Road, London W."), a tweezer and metal point multi-tool (marked "patent applied for"); a valve key marked "The British Oxygen Co Ltd, London, patent"; 2 blue cylindrical boxes containing lime (for limelight); 3 hose clips; a brass valve connector; various nails and screws; hook and key belonging to the projector carrying box. 2. in a cardboard box with a label marked "The Mawson Lantern Plate" and with instructions for exposure and development of lantern slides and transparencies, and a handwritten label "2 pastills 1 washer", 2 metal spring clips, 2 metal springs, 2 safety pins. 3. in a wooden box with "Bright & Son, Photographic equipment and games Department, The Arcade, Bournemouth" stamped inside the lid, 3 hose connectors, brass bullet-shaped objects on strings, and 2 knurled metal knobs.
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