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80x115mm black oblong union case. Maker John Smith (check card). Trade paper inside says 'Improved Patent Union Case' Formal design front and back. Diamond shaped pattern in centre. Plain red plush lining. Plain oblong gilt mat with rounded top. Patterend pinchbeck frame. Contains beautifully tinted carte-de-visite by J Hawke, 53 Union Street, Stonehouse, Devon. Portrait of lady standing in crinoline, dress in front of painted backdrop.

Oblong Union Case, Possibly For Ferrotypes

Photographs

c. 1860
Instruction leaflet for Agfa 'Flashlight Lamp' kit. Printed in German, about 1922.

Agfa 'Flashlight Lamp' Instruction Leaflet

Photographic Technology

1917-1927
Kodak Ltd. Self-errecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Kodette III shutter B/I. Direct vision optical finder.

Kodak Junior I camera

Photographic Technology
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, with two brilliant reflecting finder. In dark red leatherette. 1929-1935.

No 2 brownie model f camera

Photographic Technology

1929-1935
Canon L2 355mm with rangefinder.50mm f1.5 Canon lens Serial No 26538, with metal lens cap embossed 'Canon'. No 537800. Everready case.

Canon L2 35mm Camera

Photographic Technology
Sterling silver medal. Obverse depicting allegorical Classical female figure holding bellows camera, engraved 'Kodak Staff International Society'. Reverse engraved 'Sydney 1929 S. Schofield Harrow'; within wreath. In leatherette presentation case lined with blue silk and velvet. Inside lid printed 'Toye & Co Ltd, London, Masonic Jewellers, Liverpool & Manchester, 57 Theobald's Rd & WC'.

Kodak Fourth Internationl Salon silver medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1929
Packaging for Kodak Extra 100 camera outfit. Contains fabric wriststrap and paper instruction book; strip of personalised monograms.

Packaging for Kodak Extra 100 camera

Photographic Technology

1981
Cripplegate Institute silver medal lined case. Leatherette case, with silk lining and blue velvet.

Cripplegate Institute silver medal lined case

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1912-1913
White metal skewer or hook, moulded 'Kodak'.

Accessory for Kodak Film Tank (Type C)

Photographic Technology

1919
White metal roller with black wooden/plastic knob.

Accessory for Kodak Film Tank (Type C)

Photographic Technology

1919
Metal bodied box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter T/I. With two reflecting finders. Kodak Canada, 1924-1933.

No 2 Brownie Camera Model F

Photographic Technology

1924-1933
Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, rotating plate with four apertures 1-4. Rotary VP shutter T/I. With brilliant rotating reflecting finder and an autographic back. Kodak Limited. 1925-1934. Machine-tooled finish.

vest pocket kodak model B camera

Photographic Technology

1925-1934
Carton and packaging for Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera.

Carton for Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1982
One half of Canon EF camera cut into two halves through the lens.

Canon EF cut into two halves through the lens

Photographic Technology
Tasco Binocular camera made in Japan by Tasco Sales Inc. 110 cartridge camera combined with binoculars, 7x20, field 508 at 1000 yards. F:112mm, f/5.6, Tele-Tasco lens. In original carton. Serial No 7713949.

Tasco Binocular Camera

Photographic Technology

1977
Exhibition plaque, Malvern Camera Club, awarded to E H F Crouch. Brass on oak stand. Allegorical winged figure with camera and attendant cherubs.

Exhibition Plaque, Malvern Camera Club

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1911
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles pocket camera for 110 cartridge film, with built-in flash and wrist strap. In unopened original packaging. Manufactured by Remco, China, 1990. Copyright 1990 Mirage Studios.

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles pocket camera for 110 cartridge

Photographs

1990
Pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; Kodar 22mm lens; DV optical finder; integral handle/cover. With metalic wriststrap.

Kodak Ektra 200 camera

Photographic Technology
Sheet of self toning paper for the Coronet box camera. Coronet Camera Co.

Sheet of Self Toning Paper

Photographic Technology

c. 1934
Single plate for the Coronet box camera. Coronet Camera Co.

Single Photographic Plate

Photographic Technology

c. 1934
Packet of fixing salts for the Coronet Box camera. Coronet Camera Co.

Packet of Fixing Salts

Photographic Technology

c. 1934
Reproduction of prototype Leica, 1913. Lens 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 00.

Reproduction of prototype Leica, 1913.

Photographic Technology

1913
Made in USSR. Zenith-ES camera body fitted to fast-focusig Tair-3-PhS lens, F:300mm, f/4.5 telephoto lens, No 0779. Pistol grip and shoulder stock; camera Serial No 74461178; metal fitted case with filters and Helios-44, F:58mm f/2 lens No 0491539; two reloadable cassettes. In original carton.

Photo Sniper Camera

Photographic Technology

1975
Plastic bodied camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, fixed aperture, rotary shutter (instantaneous only), and collapsing frame finder. Eastman Kodak, 1934-1941.

baby brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1934-1941
Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Kodar lens, f7.9-32, number 0 Kodex shutter 25/50/T/B. Screw focusing; brilliant reflecting rotating finder, autographic back, black pattern leatherette covering. No 51701. Eastman Kodak 1926-1934.

vest pocket kodak series III camera

Photographic Technology

1926-1934
Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 2.5x1.6 inches; Kodak Anastigmat lens F:83mm f/6.3 no. 52110; Kodamatic No 0 shutter 1/10-1/100 second; brilliant reflecting finder; screw focusingl autographic back; 'Peacock' cyan green covering and bellows with gold lines. Serial Number 100403.

Vanity Kodak Camera (Vest Pocket Kodak Series III)

Photographic Technology
Box camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens of fixed aperture. Rotary shutter T/I. Two reflecting finders. Bottle green snakeskin leatherette covering. Eastman Kodak.

No2 Special Hawkeye Camera

Photographic Technology
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.

Rover Detective Camera

Photographic Technology

1893
225mm diameter plate with gold decoration on Cambridge blue background; 118mm diameter photograph of bearded gentleman fired-in; '4242.'

Plate with portrait photograph

Photographs
Tinted stereo daguerreotypes by Thomas Richard Williams; portrait of seated man with bald head and sideburns; hand-coloured with gilding.

Tinted Stereo Daguerreotypes

Photographs

1854-1864
Collapsing camera for 121 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inch. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, automatic built in shutter, separate release s for T/I. Brilliant reflecting finder. No 10156. Eastman Kodak, 1904-1909.

No 0 folding pocket Kodak Model A-B camera

Photographic Technology

1902-1906
Photographic prints; 11x45mm; Art Studies No 2 series 42. Ten views in total.

Stereo cards for 3-D Vistascreen viewer 'Art Studies No2'

Photographs
Watkins exposure meter, made by R. Field and Co. Birmingham. Cylindrical form; pendulum cap. Actinometer from carrying long strip of sensitive paper under tinted disc. Calculator on body - 6 scales, 4 rotating, two fixed.

Watkins Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

c. 1895
Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat series XI lens no 123826 F: 6 1/4 inch f/3.5-16. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Shutter released by mirror raising knob, rotating back with Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor. Ground glass focusing screen with depp hood. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology
Lens case for SMC Pentax-A f1:2.8 28mm lens. Manufactured by Asaki Optical Co, Japan 1987. Embossed 'Pentax' on top and 'HA-90B Japan' on bottom.

Lens Case For Pentax f2.8 28mm lens

Photographic Technology

1987
Kodak DC210 zoom digital camera with accessories and packaging. Built-in flash; LCD screen; Kodak Ektonar lens F;4.0-47, 28-58mm (equiv) macro, focus 2x zoom. Serial no EKE74201960.

Kodak DC210 digital camera

Photographic Technology

1997
Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 /14 x 3 1/4. Kodar f/7.9 Achromatic lens with iris calibrated 1-4, No 0 Kodex three blade shutter 25/50/T/B. Reflecting brilliant finder, screw focusing to 6 feet. With autographic back. No 81109.

No 1 pocket Kodak series II

Photographic Technology

1925-1931
Protype box-type rollfilm camera for 80mm wide roll film 95 x 80mmm. 'Parcel' or 'Tombosa' camera. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures sliding focusing uncalibrated, rotating shutter, adjustable tension, single reflecting finder, film wound without backing paper, friction roller, indicates correct windon., pressure plate pinched by lever to be slackened when winding off. Camera covered with cardboard case with apertures for controls, lens, etc. Surrounded by leather straps and carrying handle, to resemble brown paper parcel. Henry N B Good of Devises. 1889. never produced commercially.

Tombosa Detective Camera

Photographic Technology

1889
Kodaslide 50 Projector instruction booklet.

Instruction Booklet For Kodaslide 50 Projector

Cinematography
Minolta-35 Model-E camera. Chiyoko, made in Occupied Japan. Rangefinder camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Chiyoko Super Rokkor lens F:45mm f/2.8-16, Serial No 18075. Helical focusing mount, coupled to coincidence type rangefinder, incorporated in direct vision optical finder. Fabric focal plane shutter, seperate speed ring: T/1/2/4/8/25 and B/1-25/35/50/100/200/500. Body release. Delayed action, cocking lever missing. Interchangeable lenses, screw mount. General Leica style design. Accessory shoe. Serial No 15480.

Minolta-35 camera Model E Camera

Photographic Technology
50mm diameter silver medal. Obverse: '"Cripplegate Institute" "Founded 1896" with representation of building and two seated female figures, one with the world globe and the other with an artist's palette. Reverse: "Awarded to H. Thurston for photographic class work Winter and Spring Sessions 1912-1913". Within laurel wreath.

Cripplegate Institute silver medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1912-1913
Original carton with instruction booklet, strap and polysterene packing. For ITT Binocular Camera 407.

Packaging For ITT Binocular 110 Camera 407

Photographic Technology
Mutoscope by International Mutoscope Reel Co Inc, NY, USA. Animated peepshow machine for Mutoscope reels; operated by inserting one penny; internal electric lamp. Contains one reel. Advertising frame for 'The Sudden Surprise' - not related to reel. Section of side cut-away to allow view of reel inside . Serial No AB221 (previously shown as AB 3682 on Kodak Form).

Mutoscope

Cinematography

1920s-1940s
Cased daguerreotype of a a woman with two young children. Pinchbeck frame, gilt with raised pattern. Ornate gilt mat with fluted edges. Picture bound. Daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young woman seated with girl child on her knee and little boy y her side. Faces tinted. Gilt on woman's rings, earings and brooch. Slight tarnishing of image along bottom edge.

Cased Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman With Two Young Children

Photographs

1845-1855
A black and white photograph entitled ‘Self and Dug-outs, X Beach’ taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 15.

Self and Dug-outs, X Beach

Photographs

1915-1916
A black and white photograph entitled ‘My First Dug-out’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 14.

My First Dug-out

Photographs

1915-1916
90x120mm Red Morocco leather book-tyoe case with ornate clasp. Plain red plush. Oval gilt mat with leaf design. Patterned pinchbeck frame.Lacquer back. 95x70mm picture of baby laying in coffin. Wearing bonnet and nightdress. Flowers on neck and hand. Fully tinted with gilt.

Collodion Positive in Morocco Book-type Case

Photographs
A black and white photograph entitled ‘Examining Clothes’,, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 20.

Examining Clothes

Photographs

1915-1916
A black and white photograph entitled ‘The Gully’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, p. 27.

The Gully

Photographs

1915-1916
Carton for Ilford Sportsman 125 35mm camera with original instruction sheet, 1966.

Carton For Ilford Sportsman 125 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1966