Tourograph No 1

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co.
FABRICATOR: American Optical Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, MA, Boston
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Blair Tourograph
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1878
PRODUCTION DATES: 1878-1882
PATENT DATE: Aug. 21, 1878
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 5 x 8
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $33.00 (1882)
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  dry plate
  magazine
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: achromatic landscape

NOTES:
  The Tourograph was originally introduced in late 1877 as a portable
  camera for the wet collodion process. The camera was modified
  to accommdate gelatin dry plates after their introduction.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: B6351.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1088

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Jenkins, Reese V. --Images and Enterprise: Technology and the American Photographic Industry - 1839-1925.-- Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975. p 135-136.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//