Box tray for a Pathe Gem 16mm cine projector.
Pathescope Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930
Materials
Card, Metal
Measurements
233 x 440 x 210 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525256.4
Summary
Box tray for a Pathe Gem 16mm cine projector. It is a card box tray made of 3 pieces of cut card. Piece 1 - makes the 2 long side and the base, to which 2 end panels are folded and stapled at each corner. There is a additional card liner which is constructed from 1 piece folded and stapled at each corner.
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
Pathescope Ltd , Manufacturing processes