Rover Detective Camera
Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.
- Measurements:
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overall: 190 mm x 116 mm x 230 mm,
- Materials:
- leather , metal (unknown) , wood (unidentified) , glass and bone
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1192/1
- type:
- detective camera , box camera and magazine camera
