Full plate box camera w/ leveling legs

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Bemis, Samuel A. (attrib)
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Bemis hand-made camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1840
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZE: full plate
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype

NOTES:
  Mahogany bodied full plate camera. Ground glass back has mirror that
  can be angled to aid in viewing. Plate holders use hinged door dark
  slide that open into the camera for exposure. Camera has four
  adjustable legs, one at each corner of the box, used to level the
  apparatus. Bubble level on the top of the camera.
  .
  The holders use the same type dark slide as the modified Gouard camera
  back, which was modified by Bemis.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: 9999.00011