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
Folding camera for SX-70 film packs; autoexposure; darken-lighten control; focusing through lens via mirror system, incorporating split image rangefinder; motorised film ejection.
1981
Kodak Extra 100 camera. Kodar 22mm lens. Orange button version.
1885-1895
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.
1963-1964
Halina Rolls 35mm. camera with 45mm f3.5 Halina anastigmat lens and original manufacturer's carton, c. 1963.
Photographs
1915-06
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.
Cinematography
Kodaslide 50 Projector; for transparencies. Ektanon lens 4" f3.5. Plug removed.
1934
1lb pack of Kodak Hypo Sulphate of Soda.
c. 1887
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.
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.
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.
1910-1915
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.
1924-1933
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.
c. 1934
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.
Printed Materials & Ephemera
1937
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.
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.
1917-1927
Double-ended tube of Kodak flash powder. Manufactured by Kodak Ltd.
Apple Mac Quick Take 100 digital camera. Serial Number TL4288P325Q. Built-in flash unit and LCD screen. 99000369 written in marker pen on side of camera body.
1987
Pentax EV A3 SLR camera for 35mm film, serial No.3002246. Fitted with lens 1990-5030/2.
Canon AE-1 program camera. Serial No V1054H(K). Canon lens fd; 50mm 1:1.74, Serial no 3373241, Shutter No 5000000E. Hot shoe fitting.
1911
Awarded to E F H Crouch. Deeply moulded brass, allegorical female figure, seated, with cherub and camera. Art Noveau decoration. On oak stand with hinged stand.
1907
Awarded to Edmund F H Crouch for 'Evening on the Arun'. Premier Award. Allegorical female winged figure with camera, attendant cherubs. Larger version of design of 1990-5036/4718. On oak stand with hinged stand.
Medical Glass-ware
1851-1900
Display jar, clear glass, for extract of woody nightshade, 1851-1900. Top sealed to jar. Handwritten paper label reads 'Estr Fluido / Dulcamara / T1330'.
1964
GEC Transistomatic Camera/Radio Model G822. Seven transistor medium and longwave radio with integral Kodak Insamatic 100 camera; 126 cartridege camera; compartment to store 4 capless AG1 type flashbulbs.
1894
'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'.
1880-1920
Uncased ferrotype of a little girl and boy standing holding bucket and spades on steps of bathing hut, taken by unknown photographer about 1890.
1911-1926
Ensignette No. 2 rollfilm camera, made by Houghtons Ltd. Collapsing metal camera, for 129 film: 1 5/8 x 3". Achromat lens, f/11, 16, 22 apertures in metal plate. T/I shutter. Brilliant reflecting finder. Pat. No. 28464, 1907. (M2697). No. 14251
1949-1959
Box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. Helical focusing mount. B/I shutter. Large brilliant reflex finder with hood. (Finder lenses of plastic, from combined optical industries Ltd, Kingston patent) Kodak Limited 1949-1959.
Box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4"; meniscus lens, accessory close-up lens; I/B shutter; refelcting finders; 2-pin flash contacts; striped front.
1923-1936
Flash tray, clipping on tube top when open, with holder for taper or match.
1950-1959
Accessory, supplementary lens no.6, 120 inch, boxed.
1924
Booklet 'Little Books About Photography No 3; Big Pictures From Small Negatives'.
One packet of Illingworth's Collodion Self Lining Paper. 'Special Exhibition Sample', 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch.
Packet of acid-hypo for slow gas and bromide papers, and for plates and roll films.
1963-1966
Kodak Instamatic 50 camera original carton. Kodak Limited. 1963-1966. With instructions.
1949
Ensign Selfix 820 carton. Barnet Ensign Limited. 1949. Camera No 1575.
1901
The Scout box camera, made by The Alliance Roll Film Camera Co. Ltd. Wooden box camera for 120 film, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Single fixed focus lens. T/I guillotine shutter. Two reflecting finders. 3 apertures in sliding plate. Sold by Geo. Houghton and Son. M2653.
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens. Sliding plate with three apertures. T/I shutter, flip flop. Two reflecting finders. Covered in blue leatehrette. H583. Kodak Limited.
1950-1955
Box form rollfilm camera for 620 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. T/I shutter. Large brilliant reflecting finder without hood. Two pin flash contact. Neck cord is missing. Back catch is broken. Kodak Limited 1950-1955.
1888
Box magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Rouch instantaneous doublet lens No 7023 with 4 Waterhouse stops, Thornton Pickard Roller Blind shutter built in behind lens 15/25/40/60/80, released by pneumatic tube (perished). Two reflecting finders with covers. Sliding lens cover, bag type plate changer built in with 12 metal plate holders. Sliding body focusing. W.W. rouch. 1888.
1976
Instant camera for PR-10 film packs; 'Zooming circle' focus aid; darken/lighten control; auto exposure; handle print ejector; in original box.
1996
Carton and packaging for Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom digital camera and accessories.
1997
Camera case for Kodak DC210 Zoom digital camera.
Wallet with PhotoEnhancer software (4 floppy discs) and support material, for Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom digital camera.
1948-1954
Twin lens reflex camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak Anastar lens F:80mm f/3.5-22 both taking and viewing lenses. Flash Kodamatic shutter 2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B/T. Coaxial bayonet flash socket. Gear connected focusing front cells. Ground glass reflex focusing screen. Hood with magnifier ad frame sports finder. Knob automatic windon with exposure counter. No.64556. Eastman Kodak 1948-1954.
1890-1892
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.
1931
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.
1925-1931
Cine-Kodak Camera Model B. 16mm cine camera for 50 or 100' spools. 20mm fixed focus lens f/6.5-16. Clockwork motor. Lock on release. Folding optical frame finder with no parallax marks. Brilliant reflecting finder. Rotating footage counter. Claw intermittent, continuous sprocket wheel. Exposure guide on aperture panel. Eastman Kodak. 1925-1931. No 1623.
1891-1985
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.
1938-1941
Moulded tenite bodied self erecting collapsing camera for 828 rollfilm 28 x 40 mm. Kodak anastigmat lens F50mm f/5.6-15 built in shutter 25/50/100/T/B. Front cell focusing infinity to 4 feet. Optical direct vision finder. Eastman Kodak Co, 1938-1941.
1891-1895
Box camera for dark room loaded 24 exposure film 3 1/2 x 4 inches. Fitted with a single lens, rotating plate with three apertures, special sector shutter, cocked with string, reflecting finder, exposure counter, wooden cores with remains of original film, natural wood finish. No 1007. Eastman Kodak, 1891-1895.
