Advertisement for a Megalethoscope, Invented by Charles Ponti

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Charles Ponti, active 1860s
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The advertisement is titled, Mégaléthoscope de Charles Ponti, with a picture below, and each part lettered. Above and below, faces of a medal awarded by the London Exposition in 1862 to the inventor, Charles Ponti. Above, a description and key in English.
1862–65
Accession Number
1962-216-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
appliances & tools
Object Name
Photostat
Type
Photostat
Medium
Photostat on white paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 37.8 cm (10 7/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
made in
possibly France
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Record ID
chndm_1962-216-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4613afdf7-e7a1-4fa6-9f4a-243820833ab0
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