Photo-Album

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: A. Schaeffner
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1892
PRODUCTION DATES: 1892-1893
PATENT DATE: Oct. 17, 1890
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 9 x 12 cm
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 125 francs
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: detective
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 120 mm f/12 Grubb-type achromat
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "This is a camera in the form of a leather-bound photograph album, for
  single exposures 9x12 cm., on standard dry plates. Designed by Auguste
  Cadot (French Patent 208, 911, October 17, 1890). Manufactured by
  A. Schaeffner, Paris, France." Lothrop, 1973.
  A high level of sophistication with simple mechanics and a low price
  were the features of this camera. Eight exposures could be made on
  glass plates, each 5x5cm. An unusual two-side plate holder, each side
  of which contained four individual plates was fitted to the camera.
  To change plates, the plate holder was removed and rotated 90 degrees
  bringing a fresh plate into the focal plane. In this manner and by
  using both sides of the holder eight separate exposures could be made
  without a complicated plate changing mechanism.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A1106.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1106

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: 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 72.//