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Ticka Pocket Watch Camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Houghton's Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
SEE ALSO: Expo Watch Camera
PRODUCTION DATES: 1905-1914
FILM TYPE: 17.5mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 5/8 x 7/8 in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $2.50 (Expo)
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  subminiature
  detective
  watch
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 30mm f/16 fixed focus meniscus

NOTES:
  "c1905-14. Pocket-watch style camera manufactured under license from
  the Expo Camera Co. of New York, and identical to the Expo Watch
  Camera. For 25 exposures 16x22mm on special cassette film. Fixed
  focus f16/30mm meniscus lens. I & T shutter. (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: H8383.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 226

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 124.//
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. pp 82.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 238.//

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Ticka Pocket Watch Camera

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