The objects on display at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford explore the science and culture of light and sound technologies, and their impact on our lives.
Photographic Technology
1990
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.
Photographs
Photographic prints; 11x45mm; Art Studies No 2 series 42. Ten views in total.
1924
One packet of Illingworth's Evitone Self Toning Paper 'Special Exhibition Sample', 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch. sealed.
1954-1963
Kodak junior I camera original carton. Kodak Limited 1954-1963.
Printed Materials & Ephemera
Wellcome diary for 1924, published by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London. 95 page diary and negative index. Pencil missing.
Packet of Illingworth's slow gas developer, wrapped in silver foil pactek and printed paper wrapper.
1963-1966
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.
Box with sealed packet of non deliquescent flash powder. Houghtons ltd.
1955
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.
1950-1959
Lens hood in carton, for Purma Plus camera.
Accessory for Purma Plus, supplelentary lens ring, boxed.
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.
c. 1970
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.
1946-1959
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
1966-1971
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.
Printed leaflet for Illingworth's gaslight paper.
1901
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.
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.
1934-1941
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.
1996
Elpac power pack system (plug missing) and two serial cables for Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom digital camera.
1902-1906
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.
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.
1997
Carton for Kodak DC210 Zoom digital camera. Software and instructions not present.
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.
1983
Kodak disc Kodacolor HR film. Two empty cartons and one disc (normally two). Carton Serial No BHDBB 8672, expires Dec 1983. Disc has Serial Number BHDBB 867P
1925-1935
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")
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.
Carton For Kodak black and white panchromatic Verichrome Pan rollfilm.
1989
Carton for Nishika N8000 3-D 35mm camera, 1989.
1880-1890
Casket for the compact storage of cabinet cards, 1880-1890.
1982
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.
1930
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'.
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.
Experimental Chemistry
Chemical cabinet.
1915-1916
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.
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.
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.
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.
1917-1927
Packet of 'Sparking Material' for Agfa 'Flashlight-Lamp' kit, manufactured in Germany about 1922.
Canon AE1 35mm single lens refelx camera body, partially dismantled. Cut-away section through body (no lens).
Kodak telephoto converter instructions. Kodak Limited.
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.
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, portrait lens on spring loaded lever with two brilliant reflecting finder. In maroon leatherette. 1928-1935.
1929-1935
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.
1919
White metal roller bar.
1953-1959
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.
1959-1964
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.
1886
Original box for a Stirn waistcoast detective camera, made by C P Stirn, Photographische Geheim Camera, Berlin. DRP 3891.
1931
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.
1990s
Carton for Polaroid SpiceCam 600 with point of sale items.
