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

Packet of Fixing Salts

Photographic Technology

c. 1934
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
Casket for the compact storage of cabinet cards, 1880-1890.

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

Photographs

1880-1890
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
Chemical cabinet.

Chemical Cabinet

Experimental Chemistry
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
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
Twin-lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Wollensak Anastigmatic lens F:44mm f/3.2 for both taking and viewing; Bolsey Synchro-matic shutter 1/10-1/200; coupled split-image rangefinder; full-size reflex finder coupled to taking lens; separate direct vision optical finder; pin and screw flash contacts; automatic diaphragm setting for flash, coupled to focusing; ERC; no. 635053.

Bolsey Model C-22 Set-O-Matic camera

Photographic Technology
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

Photographic Technology
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

Photographic Technology
Carton For Kodak black and white panchromatic Verichrome Pan rollfilm.

Carton For Kodak Verichrome Pan Rollfilm

Photographic Technology
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
A carbon print entitled 'A Derelict Moorland Farm, Haworth, Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'', by Alexander Keighley, signed, c 1930. Exhibition label on reverse dated 1931-1932.

A Derelict Moorland Farm, Haworth, Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'

Photographs

1931
'Magic Photoret' detective camera original wooden box. Magic introduction company. 1894. Wooden box with sliding lid. ''You see it as I saw it ' says the Photoret'.

Wooden box for 'Magic Photoret' camera

Photographic Technology

1894
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
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
110x140mm red Morocco leather case embossed one side with formal design. Very good condition. Back stamped 'Simonton and Millard, Dublin Photogrpahic Institution, 39 Lower Sackville St'. Two latches. Lined with crimson plush with formal motif. Inside edged with gold leaf pattern. Picture out of case. Contains portrait of a man with elbows on table and finger to temple.

Collodion Positive in Red Morocco Leather Case

Photographs
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
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
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 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
175x230mm red Morocco leather case (only bottom remains) embossed with leaf and scroll design. Gold leaf pattern around edges. Once lined with plain red plush. Ornate oval gilt mat and patterned pinchbeck frame. 130x190mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young mother and child seated with father. Lady wearing large cameo brooch.

Daguerreotype In Broken Red Morocco Leather Box

Photographs
One of eight early photographs; cased portrait photograph, three quarter view, hand-coloured skin, with gilding. Leather case with velvet lining.

Cased image, hand-coloured portrait of a woman, c 1850

Photographs

1845-1855
120x155mm ferrotype group portrait of the Hughes and Nelson families Captain Hughes drowned when the SS 'Leonowi' was lost round the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1887.

Uncased Ferrotype

Photographs

c. 1887
80x92mm red Morocco leather fold-over case with slot-in catch on front. Gold leaf on design on inside edges. Lined with pink satin. Frame edged with lilac material. Oval gilt mat with fern desing. Patterend pinchbeck frame. 57x70mm young woman seated with arm resting on table. Hat with feather on her lap. full skirted dress. Face and hands tinted. Gilt on earings, brooch and belt buckle. Tablecloth also tinted. Lacquer back.

Collodion Positive in Morocco Leather 'Fold Over' Case

Photographs
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
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

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, portrait lens on spring loaded lever with two brilliant reflecting finder. In maroon leatherette. 1928-1935.

No 2 brownie model f portrait camera

Photographic Technology

1928-1935
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 maroon leatherette. 1929-1935.

No 2 brownie model f camera

Photographic Technology

1929-1935
Kodak telephoto converter instructions. Kodak Limited.

Kodak telephoto convertor instructions

Photographic Technology
Plastic moulded camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2inches. Fitted with a single lens, single speed shutter. Direct vision optical finder. Braided neck strap. Kodak Limited, 1953-1959.

Brownie 127 camera

Photographic Technology

1953-1959
Brown Bakelite collapsing camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, T/I shutter, rotating reflecting finder. Kodak Limited. 1930.

No 2 Hawkette camera

Photographic Technology

1930
White metal roller bar.

White Metal Roller Bar For Kodak Film Tank (Type C)

Photographic Technology

1919
1lb pack of Kodak Hypo Sulphate of Soda.

Box of Hypo Sulphate of Soda

Photographic Technology

1934
Kodak Brownie 127 (SecondModel). Plastic boded camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Dakon lens of foxed aperture and focus with a single speed shutter and a direct vision optical finder. Neck strap attached. Kodak Limited 1959-1964.

Brownie 127 camera (second model)

Photographic Technology

1959-1964
Original box for a Stirn waistcoast detective camera, made by C P Stirn, Photographische Geheim Camera, Berlin. DRP 3891.

Box for a Stirn waistcoast detective camera

Photographic Technology

1886
Packet of 'Sparking Material' for Agfa 'Flashlight-Lamp' kit, manufactured in Germany about 1922.

Packet of 'Sparking Material'

Photographic Technology

1917-1927
Carton for Nishika N8000 3-D 35mm camera, 1989.

Carton For Nishika N8000 3-D 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1989
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens of fixed aperture. Rotary shutter T/I. Single reflecting finder. Blue leatherette covereing. Eastman Kodak 1931.

No 2 Rainbow Hawkeye Camera Model C

Photographic Technology

1931
Box form camera for 3 1/4 inch wide darkroom loaded film, 2 3/4 x 3 1/4. Fitted with a single lens of fixed aperture and focus and a special sector type string cocking shutter. No viewfinder attach, sighting lines are on the top and side. With an exposure calculator. No. 1014. Eastman Kodak, 1891-1895.

Ordinary Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1891-1985
Box/ folding camera for 4 x 5 darkroom loaded rollfilm. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb Universal lens. Rotating plate with 4 apertures. Special Kodak sector shutter adjustable tension. Sliding focusing. Rotating reflecting finder on baseboard. Double spirit level. Eastman-walker roll holder, later type, large roller audible windon indication, No.280. Wind on knob on lid engages with roll holder when closed. The Eastman Company. 1890-1892.

No 4 Folding Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1890-1892
Carton for No 2 Rainbow Hawkeye camera Model C carton. Eastman Kodak 1931.

Carton for No 2 Rainbow Hawkeye Camera Model C

Photographic Technology

1931
Kodak Petite Vest Pocket Autographic camera. Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 1 5/8". Cyan metalwork, light green covering. In matching case (not seen during Audit).

Kodak Petite Camera

Photographic Technology
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter, T/I and two reflecting finders. Eastman Kodak, 1901-1924.

No 2 brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1901
Collapsing self erecting camera for 105 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, aperture nos 1, 2, 3, 4. Pocket automatic shutter I/B/. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. No.166609. Eastman Kodak, 1907-1915.

No 1 Folding Pocket Kodak Camera Model E

Photographic Technology

1907-1915
Folding camera for 119 rollfilm 3 1/3 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter, separate releases for T & I. Two reflecting finders. No 657 or 552. Eastman Kodak, 1900.

No 3 cartridge kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1900
Instant camera for PR-10 film packs; 'Zooming circle' focus aid; darken/lighten control; auto exposure; handle print ejector; in original box.

Kodak Instant camera EK4

Photographic Technology

1976
Self erecting collapsing camera for 121 rollfilm 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, automatic shutter T/I, separate releases, sliding plate with three apertures, one brilliant reflecting finder, No 10795.

No 0 folding pocket Kodak Model A-B camera

Photographic Technology

1902-1906
Rigid body camera for Kodak PR-10 Instant Print packs; auto exposure; lighten-darken control; battery test button; brightline finder manual picture ejection; flip-flash socket.

Kodak EK2 Instant camera

Photographic Technology

1977