Voigtländer daguerreotype camera (replica)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Voigtländer & Sohn
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Braunschweig
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1841
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZE: 92mm diameter
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 200
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 149mm f/3.6 petzval portrait lens

NOTES:
  Voigtländer made 3 production runs of the replica daguerreotype camera
  25 cameras were made in 1939 to commemerate the 100th anniversary of
  the birth of photography. These cameras all have serial number 81
  and are not lacquered. 200 cameras were made in 1956 to commemerate
  the 200th anniversary of the Voigtländer company. These cameras are
  also all serial number 81, but have a laquered finish. In 1978,
  another 100 cameras were made by Viogtländer. These cameras are all
  serial number 84, and have a laquered finish. The camera from the GEH
  collection is from the 1956 series. The image size of the replicas is
  slightly larger (92mm as compared to 80mm) than the original cameras.
  There are also replica cameras made by companies other than
  Voigtländer.
  Most of the sources list the image size to be 94mm. The replica at GEH
  contains a plate that measures 92mm.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: V891.00002

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 417.//