Concealed Vest camera, No 2

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: C.P. Stirn
INVENTOR: R.D. Gray
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Stirn Vest camera
  Gray Vest camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1888
PRODUCTION DATES: 1888-1890
PATENT DATE: July 27, 1886 (US)
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 2½ inch diameter
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $25.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: detective
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Disk shaped brass bodied camera, 7 inches in diameter worn behind
  vest; lens protrudes through button hole in vest. Produces 4 circlar
  images 2½ inches in diameter.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C5978.00002

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 33-53.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 404.//