Description

A Kinora monochrome motion picture viewer on folding dark oak base. Circa 1905.

Marked: THE KINORA REGISTERED TRADE MARK PATENTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BOND’S LTD 138, NEW BOND ST. W.

With Hamley’s of Regent Street retailers label: HAMLEY’S 200 & 202, REGENT ST. W.

Base: 28.5 x 12.5 cm. (Height: 26.5 cm).

Literature: The Kinora: Motion Pictures for the Home, 1896-1914. by Barry Alan Anthony, 1996. ISBN-10: Pages: 36 & 38.

ACR (Ariel Cinematographica Register) No: 551.

For a similar viewer see: Science Museum Group Collection: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford. OBJECT NUMBER:1990-5036/2816