Appareil Dubroni No 1

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Maison Dubroni
INVENTOR: Bourdin, Jules
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Dubroni Apparatus No 1
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1864
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1864-1870s
PATENT DATE: Dec. 21, 1864
FILM TYPE: wet plate
IMAGE SIZE: 4 cm. in diameter
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 40 francs
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: in-camera processing
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 60mm f/3.5 "Lachenal Opticien"
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes

NOTES:
  "Wooden box camera with porcelain bottle interior (earlist models had
  glass interiors and no wooden sides on the body) for in-camera
  processing. Various models were made, each of which originally came
  in a wooden box with accessories. At first, only the small box models
  were made, but their success led to the larger models with a folding
  bellows front and a 'laboratory' back." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: D8193.00002
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1006

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 14.//
Coe, Brian. --Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures.-- Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordbok, 1978. pp 177.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 138.//