2.5-inch projection lens
Date: circa 1956
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0391
Classification: Projection Lens
Subject:
Maker: Ernst Leitz (company) (1849 - 1986)
Maker: Society for Visual Education, Inc. (founded 1919)
Maker: David P. Wheatland (1898 - 1993)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
lens: 7 × 7 × 10 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 3 15/16 in.)
paper: 12.7 x 17.6 cm (5 x 6 15/16 in.)
Description:
2.5-inch projection lens is mounted in a brass tube, 4 inches long. The tube interior is painted black.
A pencil drawing with the lens states that the lens is a Leica lens, and that the tube fits an SVE 4-inch projector. The handwriting is David Wheatland's. The drawing is on the reverse of an invitation to an exhibition opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in February 1956.
A pencil drawing with the lens states that the lens is a Leica lens, and that the tube fits an SVE 4-inch projector. The handwriting is David Wheatland's. The drawing is on the reverse of an invitation to an exhibition opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in February 1956.
Signedunsigned