Magic lantern -episcopes and epidiascopes part 2

Episcopes and epidiascopes
part 2



This episcope is marked Williams, Brown and Earle Philadelphia PA USA Patented Mar. 28 '05 on plaques on base. Hermages optics. Measures 16'' high x 13'' wide x 15 '' deep to end of optic (40.5 x 33 x 38 cm).

Episcope built by the Viennese optician Carl Müller, around 1880. The image image holder on the back is adjustable for horizontal or vertical postcards and photographs, the lens is 6.6 cm in diameter. The projector was electrified later. Its measures are 36 cm in height, 26 x 15 cm wide and deep.
Fotoscope post card projector made by Stratton Manufacturing Company New York City in the 1880's. These magic lanterns were manufactured in various styles, gas, acetylene, oil and electric light. The body measures just 12" x 12" x 5" deep (30.5 x 30.5 x 12.5 cm).


First card of a set of eight, telling the story of an odd pelican. Around 1900 Butcher & Sons released sets of 'Primus Projection Post Cards' for episcopic projection. The pictures on these cards are the same as used on the glass lantern slides of their famous Primus Junior Lecturer Series. The cards are reverse-printed as the image was reversed on projection. Size is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" (9 x 14 cm).