1947 advertisement announcing the Kdaslide Projector – Master Model
Toronto. Kodak was known for its films and photographic supplies. The company, once the leader in photography, in later years made inexpensive and rather ugly plastic ‘film burners’, readily bought by the general public as gifts or to record family members and events.
The company was far more impressive in its design of high end slide projectors. As slides slowly faded away, most homes who recognized quality had a Carousel projector while many companies used its commercial equivalent. The 80 and later 144 slide circular horizontal slide tray was ubiquitous. One could also buy a device to quickly show a box of slides on a Carousel without using a tray.
On pages 77 and 78 In this July, 1947 Popular Photography advertisement, Kodak introduced its very sheik and elegant ‘Kodaslide Projector, Master Model‘ which had a choice of lenses of at least 5 different focal lengths and bulbs of up to 1,000 watts in power consumption for projection of colour slides up to 20 feet wide! A beautiful design with impressive specifications. At the time all it lacked was a tray and a means to mount it, hence its replacement in time by newer designs in spite of its otherwise very flexible specifications.
Many thanks to fellow photo historian and PHSC member, George Dunbar, for sharing this marvellous find.
