Thornton Pickard Special Ruby single lens reflex camera, c 1925

Made:
1920-1930 in Altrincham
maker:
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company

Thornton Pickard Special Ruby single lens reflex camera for plates or cutfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Wooden with metal fittings and black leather cover. Rising front lens panel and reversing back. Rack and pinion focusing. Shutter blind aperture alters speeds; 1/10, 1/1000 and T. Fitted with a Ross Xpres F.4.5 6" f.1 mounted in an interchangeable lens panel. c.1925

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/640
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), leather and glass
Measurements:
Camera: 187 mm x 185 mm x 190 mm,
Case: 240 mm x 315 mm x 210 mm,
type:
reflex camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Four wooden darkslides, c 1925

Four wooden darkslides, c 1925

Thornton Pickard, four wooden dark slides. c 1925.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/640/1
type:
darkslide