Baseboard for Empire No 1 Projector
Butcher
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Oak, Steel, Brass
Measurements
630 x 300 mm; 68 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525252.8
Summary
A baseboard for the Empire no 1 Cine Projector. The baseboard is oak and at one end there is an offset platform which takes the projector. At the othe end are two steel rails across the board on which the lamphouse can be moved. Two brass studs limit the travel.
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
Makers and roles
Butcher, manufacturer