Rouch's Eureka Detective Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1888 in London
maker:
W.W. Rouch and Company

Box magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Rouch instantaneous doublet lens No 7023 with 4 Waterhouse stops, Thornton Pickard Roller Blind shutter built in behind lens 15/25/40/60/80, released by pneumatic tube (perished). Two reflecting finders with covers. Sliding lens cover, bag type plate changer built in with 12 metal plate holders. Sliding body focusing. W.W. rouch. 1888.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1726
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, leather, textile, metal (unknown) and bone
Measurements:
overall: 135 mm x 100 mm x 220 mm,
type:
disguised camera, box camera and plate camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford