Ensignette Camera, c 1914 with Leather Case

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1907-1915 in London

maker:: Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited; Houghtons Limited

Ensignette camera, collapsing camera for 1 1/2 inch wide rollfilm 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches. Fitted with a simple lens, rotating plate with three apertures f/11, 16, 22. T/I shutter. Brilliant reflecting finder. No. 4601. Pat. 28464/1907. Dist no. P19418. Houghton-Butcher. Overall (deployed): 54 mm x 100 mm x 86 mm.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/3016

Materials:: glass, white metal (unknown) and leather

Measurements:: overall (open): 52 mm x 100 mm x 83 mm,
overall (deployed): 54 mm x 100 mm x 86 mm,

type:: rollfilm camera

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

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