Anshütz Camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: C.P. Goerz
INVENTOR: Anshütz, Ottomar
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Berlin
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Georz Anshütz
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1889 - 1892
PATENT DATE: Nov. 27, 1888
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 9 x 12cm
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: cloth focal-plane shutter
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Goerz Extra-Rapid Lynkeioscop
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "(Note: An earlier version, c1890, existed, but there are currently no
  known examples, nor even an illustration.) Dovetailed walnut box
  camera for 9x12cm plates. Folding sportsfinder. Cloth focal plane
  shutter. Georz Extra-Rapid Lynkeioscop lens." (McKeown, 1992).
  Illustration of early camera shown in "A Century of Cameras", by
  Eaton S. Lothrop, pp 53. (TG).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G5977.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1135

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 53.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992. pp 158.//