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ORIGINAL 35mm CARBON-ARCH POWERS PEERLESS PROJECTOR USED BY THE KOLB BROTHERS FROM 1915 TO THE EARLY 1960s TO SHOW THEIR 1911 MOVIE "THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO". THE PROJECTOR IS BLACK METAL. LAMP UNIT IS A REFLECTOR ARC LAMP BY J.E. McAULEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, #11129, 50-65 VOLTS. MOTOR IS PEERLESS AUTOMATIC ARC CONTROL, MADE BY J.E. McAULEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, DIRECT CURRENT, #12343, 50-110 VOLT, 0.3 AMP. ITS ONE LENS IS BY BAUSCH & LOMB, ROCHESTER, NY #3136592. FILM BOX BY POWERS NATIONAL THEATER SUPPLY COMPANY.

HISTORY: THE PROJECTOR WEAS DISCOVERED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE WILLIAMS-GRAND CANYON MASON LODGE #38 IN 2006. IT HAD BEEN STORED IN THE BASEMENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS BY LEO ATHERTON, A FRIEND OF EMERY KOLB. DURING THE RENOVATION OF THE LODGE IT WAS UNCOVERED BY BUILDING CHAIRMAN DANIEL REPONY, AND DONTATED BACK TO THE PARK BY ATHERTON AND THE MASON LODGE WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT BE PLACED BACK ON DISPLAY IN THE KOLB STUDIO. THE PROJECTOR CURRENTLY IS ON DISPLAY IN KOLB STUDIO AND MAY BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC. THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR WAS USED DURING THE NICKELODEON BOOM OF THE EARLY 1900s, AND THE POWERS PEERLESS PROJECTORS WERE AMONG THE FIRST AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL SALE.

MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATE: BASE HEIGHT: 63.5 CM; BASE WIDTH: 59.7; TOTAL LENGTH: 137.2 CM; TOTAL HEIGHT: 112.0 CM; WIDTH OF BODY: 38.0 CM.

Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
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