Scoville Detective Camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1884-1894 in Waterbury

maker:: Scovill Manufacturing Co

Scoville 'Waterbury' detective camera. Box camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens with two circular stops f/15 and f/20. Rotary shutter with adjustable tension. Level focusing. Single reflecting finder, focusing screen in spring back storage space underneath room for double darkslide. Patented Oct. 16 1888. c.1889. Manufactured by Scoville Mfg. Co., USA. Overall: 190 mm x 192 mm x 186 mm.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1814

Materials:: glass, wood (unidentified), leather and metal (unknown)

Measurements:: overall: 190 mm x 192 mm x 186 mm,

type:: detective camera, box camera and plate camera

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

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Scovill Detective Camera

Scovill 'Waterbury' detective camera. Box camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens with two circular stops f/15 and f/20. Rotary shutter with adjustable tension. Level focusing. Single reflecting finder, focusing screen in spring back storage space underneath room for double darkslide. Patented Oct. 16 1888. c.1889. Manufactured by Scoville Mfg. Co., USA. Overall: 190 mm x 192 mm x 186 mm.