RB Auto Graflex camera owned by Howard Carter

Made:: 1910-1922 in United States

maker:: Kodak

Kodak Collection| National Media Museum, Bradford| Science & Society Picture Library
Kodak Collection| National Media Museum, Bradford| Science & Society Picture Library

RB Auto Graflex camera. Folmer and Schwing Div, Eastman Kodak Co. Single lens reflex camera for 5x4" plates, no lens; Fabric focal plane shutter 24 speeds 1/10 - 1/1000 sec, B. Reflex focussing screen. No.94753, by Kodak, United States of America, 1910-1922. Owned by Howard Carter, the archaeologist; used to photograph in situ the tomb of Tutankhamun when discovered (1922).

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Object Number:: 1990-5036/33

Materials:: aluminium (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, leather, leatherette and steel (metal)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 225 mm x 176 mm x 268 mm,

type:: camera

taxonomy:

tools and equipment
equipment by process
image making equipment

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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