A slide carriage for a Pullin Optics film strip projector.
Pullin
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1949
Materials
Metal, Aluminium
Measurements
95 x 153 x 35 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525260.2
Summary
A slide carriage for a Pullin Optics film strip projector. The whole is mounted on a solid cast aluminium boss which has mounts top and bottom that fit onto the condenser block of the projector by means of 3 captive pins. The front of the boss is threaded to take the objective lens unit. Screwed to the rear of the boss is the slide carriage which is a piece of folded metal which allows for the slides to be dropped in on the right, slide across in front of the lens and then removed from the left. The metal is stamped with the Pullin Optics logo and SER.NO.46406.
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
Pullin , manufacturer