Victo folding bellows field or stand camera

Made:: 1895-1905 in Glasgow

maker:: Gardner and Company

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The Victo folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Has double extension, tapered leather bellows, reversing and swing back, rising and tilting front standard and rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear F.8 8.5inch f.l. Mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller shutter 1/15 - 1/90 sec and B. Made of polished mahogany with brass fittings. With canvas case. Gardener c.1900.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Arthur Frank Collection

Object Number:: 1979-559/708

Materials:: leather, mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass

Measurements:: overall (camera): 205 mm x 230 mm x 120 mm,
overall (case): 260 mm x 280 mm x 180 mm,

type:: field camera

credit:: The Arthur Frank Collection

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