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Magazine Twin-Lens "Artist" camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
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

NOTES:
  "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).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L847.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1119

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 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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Magazine Twin-Lens Artist camera

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