Mayfield's Pocket Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1883-1893 in London
maker:
Mayfield, Cobb & Company Limited

Mayfield pocket camera. Folding hand camera in polished ebonite for plates 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. f/8-64 lens, RR type. Rotary shutter with speed adjustment. Ground glass focusing screen. c. 1888. Manufactured by Mayfield, Cobb and Co., Ltd., 41-35 Victoria Street, London. With fitting for flash.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/2925
Materials:
glass, ebonite, brass (copper, zinc alloy), bone and leather
Measurements:
overall: 104 mm x 104 mm x 164 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford