Bemis daguerreotype camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Giroux, Alphonse (attrib)
DISTRIBUTOR: Gouraud, François
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
SEE ALSO: Giroux daguerreotype camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1840
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZE: whole plate
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $75.00
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: 1st camera sold in US
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype
1 LINKED COMPONENT:
LENS: 15 inch f/15 Achromatic landscape lens UID: C5270.00001
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 15 in. f/15 achromatic landscape (attrib. to Chevalier)
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Fruit wood sliding box camera with fixed base. Originally purchased
  by Dr. Sammuel A. Bemis, a dentist from Boston, April 15, 1840 from
  François Gouraud, Daguerre's agent in the U.S. GEH collection has
  complete outfit which consists of camera, ground glass, plate holder,
  fuming box, iodizing box, plate box (2), lens, correcting prism,
  spirit lamp & holder, and traveling trunk. Outfit is thought to be the
  first example of Giroux type camera purchased in the U.S.
  www.geh.org/ar/strip51/htmlsrc/m198007600008_ful.html#topofimage

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G5281.00002
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 954

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 1.//
Coe, Brian. --Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures.-- Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordbok, 1978. pp 15 - 16.//