1925 opened Scottich Rich (Mason) lodge in Peoria, Il. Found in an upper shelf stage right near the stage managers' stand.
It's clearly a period or later Magic Lantern piece of some type invented, and the shelf with doors was created to store it there at some point early. Found still inside was a wood framed pattern of Jesus' up side down as normal for such a thing.
As can kind of be sort of seen from the hinged side is the "ruby red side lens" on the operatable panel inside the box. (Box don't open on that side.) Noting that' it's hinged also, but all parts are for the most part sharp sheet meal in well bent, but not everything factory fitting right. More the question of what it is, there is a gas valve found next to the stage manager position.... perhaps was this a gas fixture given it's ruby lens but no mountings for carbon? Totally don't understand the fixture given it's box.
Seems more like a camera mounted box or projectector of some sort with a half mounted focuacable lamp to it's rear. Why in a box, and not able to focus or even get at the E-26 lamp socket mounted to a free floating or controllable arm in some way..... ?Some way of under seat way of making Jesus float from under the audience????
Why in the box anyway in mounting to even if incandescent lamp socket mouted to some form or movable arm that you cannot get to given the box. Cannot even change a lamp easily. Very shiny fixture though!
Lamp socket inside it has no fucal relation to the lenses currently in probably falling over or something.
Main questin, given photo camera optics and lens trains of the day, is this perhaps donated lenses and some sort of sheet metal worker invention so as to present "Jesus" as the slide within it? For the day?
Amazing!
It's clearly a period or later Magic Lantern piece of some type invented, and the shelf with doors was created to store it there at some point early. Found still inside was a wood framed pattern of Jesus' up side down as normal for such a thing.
As can kind of be sort of seen from the hinged side is the "ruby red side lens" on the operatable panel inside the box. (Box don't open on that side.) Noting that' it's hinged also, but all parts are for the most part sharp sheet meal in well bent, but not everything factory fitting right. More the question of what it is, there is a gas valve found next to the stage manager position.... perhaps was this a gas fixture given it's ruby lens but no mountings for carbon? Totally don't understand the fixture given it's box.
Seems more like a camera mounted box or projectector of some sort with a half mounted focuacable lamp to it's rear. Why in a box, and not able to focus or even get at the E-26 lamp socket mounted to a free floating or controllable arm in some way..... ?Some way of under seat way of making Jesus float from under the audience????
Why in the box anyway in mounting to even if incandescent lamp socket mouted to some form or movable arm that you cannot get to given the box. Cannot even change a lamp easily. Very shiny fixture though!
Lamp socket inside it has no fucal relation to the lenses currently in probably falling over or something.
Main questin, given photo camera optics and lens trains of the day, is this perhaps donated lenses and some sort of sheet metal worker invention so as to present "Jesus" as the slide within it? For the day?
Amazing!
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