Ben Akiba

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: A. Lehmann
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Berlin
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Cane-Handle Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1903
PATENT DATE: May 3, 1904 (US Pat)
FILM TYPE: rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 1.3 x 2.5 cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: detective
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 35mm f/9 meniscus
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "This is a camera in the form of a cane handle, for 20 exposures,
  1.3 x 2.5 cm., on rollfilm, 1.8 cm wide, and 70 cm. long. Invented by
  Emil Kronke, Dresden, Germany." Lothrop, 1973.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L5231.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 677

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 117.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 278.//