Enhancing the Illusion

The Process and Origins
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M3981.00004

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Harvard camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Perry Mason & Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, MA, Boston
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PATENT DATE: ca. 1890
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 6.3x8.8cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: dry plate

NOTES:
  "For 2½x3½" plates. Meniscus lens. All metal. Black gold pin-
  striping." McKeown, 1997

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: M3981.00004

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 310.//

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Harvard camera

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