L847.00001
Magazine Twin-Lens "Artist" camera
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L847.00001
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
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MANUFACTURER: London Stereoscopic Co.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Artist Twin-Lens Reflex camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1899
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1899 - 1910
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZES:
4¼ x 3¼ in.
5 x 4 in.
6 1/2 x 4 3/4
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: £15,15/0 (3¼x4¼)
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: TLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Zeiss, Georz, or Cooke lenses listed in the 1899 catalog
"c1898. Leather covered wooden body; flat wooden door hinged on the
left side. Rack & pinion focusing with sliding panel. Tall bellows-
type viewing hood supported by single strut on each side. Basically
like the Carlton but no magazine." (McKeown, 1994).
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1119
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 98.//
Coe, Brian. --Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures.--
Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordbok, 1978. pp 152.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic
Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 293.//
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Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
telephone 585.271.3361 ext 369
email todd@geh.org