'Magic Photoret' detective camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1894 in New York

maker:: Magic Introduction Company

'Magic Photoret' pocket watch detective camera for 2 inch diameter circular film, six exposures, 12 x 12mm. Pinhole lens rotating shutter, single speed, hole for pin stop as for time exposure, Circular film held in back of camera front rotates to six positions. Patents July 25th 1893 Nov 28. 1893. Magic introduction company. 1894.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1185

type:: detective camera

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

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Parts

'Magic Photoret' detective camera

Measurements:: overall: 75 mm x 24 mm, 60 mm,

Materials:: white metal (unknown) and glass

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1185/1

type:: detective camera

Canister for 'Photoret' Film Magazine

Circular metal canister for film magazine used in 'Magic Photoret' detective camera unexposed films. Magic introduction company. 1894.

Measurements:: overall: 24 mm, 56 mm,

Materials:: tin (metal) and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1185/2

type:: film magazine and canister

Wooden box for 'Magic Photoret' camera

'Magic Photoret' detective camera original wooden box. Magic introduction company. 1894. Wooden box with sliding lid. ''You see it as I saw it ' says the Photoret'.