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Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 3.25x2.25 inches; simple lens; rotating plate with two apertures 'ordinary' and 'bright' B/I/T shutter; sliding focussing; brilliant reflecting finder; black crackle finish; in original packing with carrying case, strap, instructions and guarantee.

Ensign Pocket Twenty camera

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Head and shoulders portrait photograph of a woman, coated on embossed aluminium, backed with plaster of Paris, on a free standing wooden frame, c 1930. (7"x9 1/2")

Photograph of a woman on embossed aluminium, c 1930

Photographs

1925-1935
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
Cone shaped glass funnel with long tubular spout at apex, European, second half of 19th century.

Cone shaped funnel, 1851-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1851-1900
Ceramic developing dish, with pouring lip, half plate size. Transfer print on base reads 'Crown B Oval Semi-Porcelain, English Made'.

Royal Semi-Porcelain Developing Dish

Photographic Technology

late 19th Century
Wellcome diary for 1924, published by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London. 95 page diary and negative index. Pencil missing.

Wellcome diary for 1924

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1924
Leaflet entitled 'Millions More Get BBC2', special eddition of BBC2 News. Four pages, illustrated. Produced by BBC Publications; printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, about 1970.

Millions More Get BBC2

Photographs

c. 1970
Box camera for 4 x 5 inches notched sheet film. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, rotating plate with four apertures f8, 16, 32, 256. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/80. Rotating plate before lens with four supplementary lenses, ft-3 1/2 foot. 6 1/2 foot - 51/2 foot. 12 foot-7 foot. 30 foot - 12foot. Two reflecting finders with hoods. Magazine changing mechanism lever operated for notched films, spirit level NO 5781. Covered in black leather. R.& J. Beck.

Frena camera

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Magazine box camera for 2 x 2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed focus and aperture, viewfinder lens focusing on ground glass at rear of camera, both lenses on a common panel, slid by rod and knob at rear. Rotary shutter 12 plates carried in sliding magazine below camera body. Rack and pinion drive brings each plate in turn under slot below focal plane. Spring loaded slide allows plate to fall into magazine. Marion and Co.

The academy camera No 2

Photographic Technology

1886
Box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3/14 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Kodak Limited 1946-1959

Brownie six-20 camera model C

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1946-1959
Plastic bodied camera for 126 cartridge 28 x 28mm. Fitted with a 43mm moulded fixed focus lens f/11. 2 speed shutter marked for bright sun and hazy sun flash. Direction vision optical finder. Shoe with flash contacts. Wind-on knob interlocked with shutter. With wrist strap. Kodak Limited. 1966-1971.

Kodak Instamatic 25 camera

Photographic Technology

1966-1971
Printed leaflet for Illingworth's gaslight paper.

Leaflet For Illingworth's Gaslight Paper

Photographic Technology

1924
One packet of Illingworth's Evitone Self Toning Paper 'Special Exhibition Sample', 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch. sealed.

Illingworth's Evitone Self Tanning Paper

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1924
Kodak junior I camera original carton. Kodak Limited 1954-1963.

Kodak junior I camera original carton

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1954-1963
Box form magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/11-44. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/10/20/50/75/100/T. With three magnifiers on rotating plate for 4,8 and 12 feet. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism, released by sliding knob on camera top. With exposure counter. With 12 metal plate holders with perforated rebates for identifying exposures. No. 189551.

Midg No 0 Magazine Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1910
Packet of Illingworth's slow gas developer, wrapped in silver foil pactek and printed paper wrapper.

Illingworth's Slow Gas Developer

Photographic Technology

1924
Box magazine camera for 4 1/2 x 6 cm plates. Single lens, fixed aperture and focus. Simple rotary shutter T/I. Metal lens cap, clip on reflecting viewfinder. Sliding knob plate changing mechanism. W. Butcher and Sons. 1901.

The Little Nipper Camera

Photographic Technology

1901
Ensign Selfix 820 camera instructions. Barnet Ensign Limited. 1949.

Ensign Selfix 820 camera instructions

Photographic Technology

1949
Kodak Instamatic 50. Solid body camera for 126 cartridge 26 x 26mm. Fixed aperture simple lens fitted. Two speed shutter adjusted for bright sun, hazy sun flash. Direct vision optical finder. Accessory shoe with flash contracts. Lever wind. Nylon wrist strap. Scratch on top edge, shutter jammed. Kodak Limited. 1963-1966.

Kodak Instamatic 50 camera

Photographic Technology

1963-1966
Glass tube of white flash oxidising powder, Johnsons and Sons.

Vial of Johnson's Flash Powder

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Box with sealed packet of non deliquescent flash powder. Houghtons ltd.

Packet of Ensign flash powder

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Eyelevel solid body camera for 828 rollfilm 28 x 40mm. Fitted with a Kodak Anaston lens, coated f/5.6. Shutter 25/50. Single control calibrated 1-11. front cell focusing. Direct vision optical finder. Disc calculator on back - calibrated for light settings, weather and film types. Kodachrome, Kodacolor, black and white. Film type indicator. Coaxial flash socket. Kodak Limited. Exposure panel on back. Serial No 130270.

Kodak Bantam Colorsnap Camera

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1955
Lens hood in carton, for Purma Plus camera.

Carton With Lens Hood for Purma Plus Camera

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1950-1959
Accessory for Purma Plus, supplelentary lens ring, boxed.

Carton With Purma Plus Suplementary Lens Ring

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1950-1959
Plastic folding viewer for stereocards 4.5 x 11cm. Rectangular plastic lenses. Vista screen Company Limited

Vista Screen 3D Stereo Viewer

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Beck-Steinheil Orthostigmat lens. Series IV No.1, F2.87" F12-45. No. 12849. Fitted to 1990-5036/2927, W Watson & Sons quarterplate stand camera.

Beck-Steinheil Orthostigmat lens

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A black and white photograph entitled ‘French Gun’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 42.

French Gun

Photographs

1915-1916
Casket for the compact storage of cabinet cards, 1880-1890.

Casket for the compact storage of cabinet cards, 1880-1890

Photographs

1880-1890
Awarded to N L Wilson, Harrow, in Eighth Exhibtion. Yellow metal medal . Obverse shows classssically-dressed woman with bellows, camera, shield, engraved ' Kodak Staff Photographic Society'. Reverse engraved in laurel wreath 'Eighth Exhibition 1950, M L Wilson, Harrow'. In lined case. Machine-tooled blue leatherette box, silk lined, blue velvet. Silk inside lid of box printed 'Watches & Clocks, Jewellery, The Glossoid Co Ltd, 45-50 Hillborn Viaduct, London, EC1, Cutlery, silver, electro-plate, cups & sports prizes a speciality'.

Kodak Staff Photographic Society bronze medal in case

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1930
A black and white photograph entitled ‘Dummies’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 26.

Dummies

Photographs

1915-1916
A black and white photograph entitled ‘Building a Hospital at ‘X’ Beach’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 30.

Building a Hospital at ‘X’ Beach

Photographs

1915-1916
A black and white photograph entitled ‘The Communication Trench’, taken by an unknown photographer at Gallipoli, about 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 35.

The Communication Trench

Photographs

1915-1916
A black and white photograph showing a girl with a stick on the beach at Broadstairs, taken by an unknown photographer, June 1915, from an album of photographs in the Kodak collection, page 13.

Girl with Stick at Broadstairs

Photographs

1915-06
Carton for PPC (Presenta Pocket Ciné) Silent 9.5mm projector/viewer. Retailed in United Kingdom by Presenta Ltd, manufactured in Switzerland, 1926.

Carton for Presenta Pocket Ciné

Cinematography

1935
Chemical cabinet.

Chemical Cabinet

Experimental Chemistry
Silver medal of 39mm diameter. Awarded to L W Oxford. Obverse: Allegorical female figure seated with camera and chemical apparatus. Inscription "Photographic". Designer A Fenwicj, Birmingham. Reverse: Laurel wreath inscription "Portsmouth CC 1937 L W Oxford". Hallmarked TJS STR SIL. J Purser and Sons Limited. 1937.

Portsmouth camera club sliver medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1937
Medal, Birmingham Photographic Society, 1934. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Round relief, cast base metal with silver paint. Seated man developing a photograph with a girl behind. In fabric-lined box.

Medal, Birmingham Photographic Society, 1934

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1934
Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera. 35mm automatic 3 Dimension. Hot shoe.Automatic shutter, electronically programmed, 1/30 to 1/500 seconds. Serilal No.230910334. 30mm Quadra lens system; 30mm f/5.6 Air Spaced Triplets with coated high indexed optical glass elements, prefocussed to 6' (2 metres) to infiniity. Serial No 1202.

Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1982
Stereo camera for 120 rollfilm 2 x 24x24mm. Can take single or duplex albums. Two Iriar lenses F35mm f/3.5 Nos 11349 and 11832. 5 speed shutter 1/10 - 1/200 attached lens cap; optical DV finder; X and M coaxial flash soickets. Two windows. Serial No 6182.

Duplex Super 120 sterocamera

Photographic Technology

1956-1960
Ansco Co, Binghampton. Box camera for 127 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 1 5/8". Simple lens, fixed aperture. Flip-flop rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Covered with maroon leatherette wwith gilt trim. Pat. Sept. 20 1910.

No 0 Buster Brown Box Camera

Photographic Technology

1910-1915
`Sashalite' brand flash bulb, screw fitting. Glass bulb containing aluminium foil, manufactured by GEC Ltd, 1930s.

'Sashalite' Flash Bulb

Photographic Technology

1930s
Cardboard box camera for single plate 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, loaded in the dark. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture and focus. With a spring loaded shutter, brief time only, and a single reflecting viewfinder. Coronet Camera Co.

Coronet camera outfit

Photographic Technology

c. 1934
Reddings patent rollfilm camera (Luzo), made by J Robinson and Sons. Patent No. 17328. Mahogany box camera for darkroom loaded 2 3/4" film. 2 1/2" diameter picture. RR lens fixed focus and aperture. External shutter - rotating quadrant. Brilliant reflecting finder. Film pricker. In 'ever-ready' case.

Reddings patent rollfilm camera (Luzo)

Photographic Technology

1885-1895
Carton For Kodak black and white panchromatic Verichrome Pan rollfilm.

Carton For Kodak Verichrome Pan Rollfilm

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Frenke and Heidecke, Germany. Twin lens refelx for 127 rollfilm 6x6cm. Grey finish. Taking lens Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar F:60mm f/3.5-22 No 5516151. Viewing lens Heidosmat F:60mm f/2.8.Both covered.Synchro-Compur shutter 1/2/8/15/30/60/125/250/300/B. Synchronised for electronic and bulb flash, coaxial socket. Delayed action. shutter wind coupled to wind-on knob. Common focusing knob, with depth of field scale and film type reminder. Convex ground lens focusing screen, with folding metal hood, incorporating magnifier and sports finder. Pictorial exposure calculator. Automatic exposure counter. Grey paint and light grey leatherette. No 2027696.

Rolliflex Twin Lens Reflex camera

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Carton for Polaroid SpiceCam 600 with point of sale items.

Carton For Polaroid Spicecam 600 Camera

Photographic Technology

1990s
Folding camera for SX-70 film packs; autoexposure; darken-lighten control; focusing through lens via mirror system, incorporating split image rangefinder; motorised film ejection.

Polaroid SX-70 Land camera

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Flexible printed circuit board from the Canon AE-1, programmable camera.

Flexible Printed Circuit Board from Canon AE1

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Twin lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. With taking lens by Zeiss Tessar F: 7.5cm f/3.5-22 No.1664775 (coated). Viewing lens Heidoscope-anastigmat F: 7.5cm f/3.1. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B/T. Aperture and shutter lever set, numbers visible in window above viewing lens. Rack and pinion focusing on reflex window above viewing lens. Rack and pinion focusing on reflex viewing screen. Hood, magnifier, frame sports finder and level on ground glass screen. Lever windon, automatic exposure counter. Exposure calculator. No.424538. Francke and Heidecke.

Rolliflex camera

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Box camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Kodak Canada Inc. 1924-1933.

No 2A Brownie Camera

Photographic Technology

1924-1933