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Quta Photo Machine Model B

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Quta Camera & Plate Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1906
FILM TYPE: dry ferrotype plate
IMAGE SIZE: 2 x 2½ in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $30.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: ferrotype
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 4 inch f/4 Petzval type
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Box-like magazine camera for 36 exposures on dry ferrotype plates.
  Lower box of camera contains the processing tanks for finishing the
  image in the camera.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: Q831.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: 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. p 129.//

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Quta Photo Machine Model B

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