Kauffer Photo-Sac a Main

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Charles Alibert
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Photo-Sac a Main
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1895
PATENT DATE: Feb. 23, 1895
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 9x12cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: detective
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 150mm f/12 rapid rectilinear

NOTES:
  "Folding plate camera disguised as a handbag. Several models were
  made. One is styled like a square-cornered case which hinges from the
  middle and a strut-supported front extends. A similar model uses the
  strut-supported front but in a smartly styled handbag with a split
  front door hinged at the top and bottom. The other variation has the
  handbag shape but uses the bottom door as the bed to support the lens
  standard. Designed by Bernard Kauffer of Paris." (McKeown, 1992).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A398.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1154

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 86.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992. pp 27.//