Lewis daguerreotype camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: W. & W.H. Lewis
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1851
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1851-1853
PATENT DATE: Nov. 11, 1851
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZES:
  ¼ plate
  ½ plate
  full plate
  double plate
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: C.C. Harrison (NY) petzval type

NOTES:
  "The Lewis daguerreotype camera of 1851 had a fixed, chamfered front
  panel, connected to a sliding box at the rear by bellows, which gave
  extra extension. A door gave access to the plate holder and focusing
  screen." (Coe, 1978).
  The Lewis cameras were available in 1/4, 1/2, 2/3, full, and double
  plate sizes.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L677.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 940

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 6.//
Coe, Brian. --Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures.-- Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordbok, 1978. pp 29 - 30.//