Metal Miniature camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Marion & Co., Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Marion's Metal Miniature camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1884
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1884-1890
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 2 x 2 in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: £2/5/0
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: subminiature
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 100mm f/7 Petzval type lens

NOTES:
  "c1884. Tiny, all-metal plate camera. Back moved into focus by a rack
  and pinion. Petzval-type f5.6/55mm lens. Guillotine shutter. Later
  versions were more streamlined and had a sliding lens tube for
  focusing. Made in 5 sizes from 3x3cm to half-plate." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: M341.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1074

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 44.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 300.//