Sliding Body Box Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1860
maker:
Unknown
Sliding Body Box Camera

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Sliding body camera for 4 x 5 inch plates. Vertical format. With ground glass screen. No plate holders. The lens is missing. A sliding-box camera for 4" by 5" plates, fitted with a Cox Petzval-type 6" lens No 5352, with rack and pinion focussing and a slot for Waterhouse stops.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/3171
Materials:
wood (unidentified), glass and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
plate camera and stand camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford