Talbot Box camera (replica)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Wiltshire
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1839
FILM TYPE: sensitized paper
IMAGE SIZE: 3 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus

NOTES:
  "Talbot's later cameras, made in 1839, were undoubtedly professionally
  made. Most were larger, some taking negatives on photogentic drawing
  papers as large as 5x7 in. They incorperated new features. Some of
  the cameras had holes in the front panel, above the lens, so that the
  image could be composed and focused accurately. The hole was closed
  by a cork or sliding a brass plate during the exposure." (Coe, 1973).
  The Talbot cameras at George Eastman House are replicas of Talbot's
  original cameras made by Kodak Ltd. (TFG).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K763.00003
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 928

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures.-- Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordbok, 1978. pp 15.//