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Auto-Magic Picture Gun and Theatre, Projector Gun, 1939

 Item — Box: 020
Identifier: 002

Metal projector gun with light bulb, part of a toy set complete with seven films and original pictorial box for the set and two additional pictorial boxes for the films. The box describes the toy as the "new deluxe no.490 model." The metal gun acts as a film projector to view the films; by pulling the trigger you can aim the projection towards the wall and watch the included films, Junlgle Adventures (subject no.620) and Children's Classics (subject no.645). Projector gun is no longer operational, and the theatre is missing from the set. Item 212 in collection catalog.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939

Related Materials

Item is duplicate of Series 1.3, Box 20, Item 7.

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Rare Books Collecting Area

Contact:
Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books
MSC 1061-141-B
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495