Challenge Dayspool No 1 Tropical

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: J. Lizars (Firm)
NATIONALITY: Scottish
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Scotland, Glasgow
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1903
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1903-
FILM TYPE: rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 4¼ in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: £3/12/6
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: folding
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  5 in. f/8 Beck symmetrical
  5 in. f/6 Aldis
  5 in. f/6.8 Georz Dagor

NOTES:
  "Althgough not unusual in any of its features, the Challenge Dayspool
  No. 1 Camera, introduced in 1903, represents the ultimate in
  craftsmenship for cameras of this type. Its body, beautiful in
  appearence, is made of polished Spanish mohogany. The rounding of the
  ends of the camera is fine woodwork, half of each end swinging open
  when the rear panel is removed." (Lothrop, 1973).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L789.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 210

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 121.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 292.//