Vintage Revere 8mm Projector 85,case, good bulb, reel, user manual, all original

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Retail Value: $ Priceless
Vintage Revere 8mm Projector, model 85, case, good bulb, reel, - all original, w/warranty
,
in perfect operational condition, and comes with full satisfaction warranty.
Specs  & features:
We  usually ship same day in spite of "handling time" stated
nothing but WOW
Vintage Revere 8mm Projector - est. age: early 1940's
Model 85
see at bottom a little history on this item
All come in a solid case
OPTIONAL BUY: $ 39.95 - Pic 5 - Buy an extra bulb for this projector while you're on our site!
(YOU MUST tell us when you buy projector, if you want this, so we can send you a revised paypal invoice)
MANY MANY features plus tilt, clutch control, film speed control
This listing includes:
original Revere model 85 projector
original case with snap lock closure
strap handle is original (OLD) so it is somewhat brittle - be careful in handling so you don't break it
good bulb - tested (due to rough shipping handling the bulb cannot be guaranteed)
original reel
original power cord
near mint condition
case measures
14" x 10.75" x 7.5"
ship weight 14 lb
The
Revere Camera Company
was started in 1920 by Samuel Briskin, who also started Wollensak Recorders and Opticals.
Founded in 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, as the Excel Auto Radiator Company by Ukrainian immigrant Samuel Briskin to manufacture car radiators, but started manufacturing some coarse household products later in the decade. They started making budget 8mm movie cameras in 1939 through a subsidiary run by Briskin's sons. That company was later merged into Excel Auto Radiator Co. which then changed its name to Revere Camera Co. The Revere name is taken from the Revere Copper Company, which provided financial backing for Excel during the depression.
In the 1950s, the company was the second largest manufacturer of small movie cameras in the United States. In order to grow that business further the company took over their primary lens and shutter supplier, New Jersey-based Wollensak Optical Co. The Revere brand name had become synonymous with budget cameras; soon after the take-over Wollensak models appeared that were mechanically almost-identical to the standard Revere models but had better lenses, more stylish casing, and sold for a premium price.
Revere started manufacturing tape recorders in the early 1950s, that side of the business never became an important part of the company's output.
Revere, starting probably in the 1950s, also produced a fairly high quality rotary tool very much like the Dremel tools now on the market. The Revere-O-Matic was a 0.55 ampere model that operated at 15,000 r.p.m. (Model No. RG-1). All the tools that attached to it via the chuck can be used with today's Dremel models. The standard package also came with a table mounting device and a system for enabling creation of identical objects, also adaptable to today's Dremel with no modification required.
Samuel Briskin was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in 1960 and rather than leave the company to his family he decided to sell the company to 3M for million (equivalent to 1 million in 2017)
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