Chambre Automatique de Bertsch

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Adolphe Bertsch (Firm)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
SEE ALSO: Stereo Chambre Automatique de Bertsch
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1860
FILM TYPE: wet plate
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ x 2½ in
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: £8/10
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 100mm f/20 achromatic meniscus

NOTES:
  "c1860. A small brass box camera with fixed-focus brass barrel lens,
  and a permanently attached wooden plateholder designed for 2½ x 2½"
  wet plates. The camera case also housed the equipment and chemicals to
  prepare and develop plates in the field, while an outer case served as
  a darkroom." McKeown, 1994.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: B5154.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 978

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 11.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 93.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Quatrieme Exposition de la Société Francaise de Photographie comprenant les", France, Paris, Palais de L'Industrie, Pavillion Sud-ouest, May 1 - July 15 1861 (July 31, Pector).//