Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Darkslide.

Made:: 1899-1909 in London and Glasgow

maker:: C A Steinheil Sohne and George Houghton and Son

The Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 and one darkslide. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, double swing and reversing back. Focusing by two rack and pinion mechanisms. Fitted with a Beck Steinheil 'Unofocal' patent Series 1 F.6.6 7.2" f.1 mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter. Polished teak with brass fittings. Houghton Ltd, c.1904.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Arthur Frank Collection

Object Number:: 1979-559/39

Materials:: glass, teak (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 235 mm x 240 mm x 120 mm,

type:: field camera, stand camera and darkslide

credit:: The Arthur Frank Collection

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Parts

Dark Slide for Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera.

Double dark slide for the Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera. Houghton, c.1914

Measurements:: overall: 223 mm x 160 mm x 20 mm,

Object Number:: 1979-559/39/1

type:: field camera

Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera.

The Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, double swing and reversing back. Focusing by two rack and pinion mechanisms. Fitted with a Beck Steinheil 'Unofocal' patent Series 1 F.6.6 7.2" f.1 mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter. Polished teak with brass fittings. Houghton Ltd, c.1904.