Lancaster Omnigraph Detective Camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1894

maker:: J Lancaster and Son

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Hand box camera for 3.25x4.25 inch plates; simple lens; Lancaster see-saw shutter; single reflecting finder; 6 x plates held in 3 double metal holders in changing box; each dropped in turn into exposing plane and returned to changing box after exposure.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/6637

Measurements:: overall: 201 mm x 124 mm x 200 mm,

type:: disguised camera, box camera and plate camera

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

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Lancaster Omnigraph Detective Camera

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