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Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Photograph of Hockney's Mother at Bolton Abbey

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Contax camera

1932-1936

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

1934-1935

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Bicycle Carrying Case for No. 4 Cartridge Kodak Camera

1892-1902

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

circa 1956

Contax S camera

1948

LogiTech FotoMan Plus digital camera

1992

Chemical cabinet.

Chemical Cabinet

Jackson's instantaneous shutter. Title on bone inset plaque.

Jackson's instantaneous shutter

1850-1900

Canon AE1 35mm single lens refelx camera body, partially dismantled. Cut-away section through body (no lens).

Canon AE1 Camera Body Partially Dismantled

Olympus Trip 35 SLR camera with pouch. Olympus DZUIO lens 1;2.6, f-40mm. Lens made in Japan. Camera Serial No 5231297.

Olympus Trip 35 with pouch

Ricoh Mirai autofocus 35mm S.L.R. camera, serial No.47108542. With power zoom lens 35-135mm 1:4.-5.6, macro; with lens cap. Manufactured by Ricoh Company, Japan, 1988. retailed by Johnson's Photopia.

Ricoh Mirai Autofocus 35mm SLR camera

1988

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

1982

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.

Canon AE-1 Program Camera

Nikonos V underwater camera. Orange rubber. Camera Serial No 2016269. Nikon Nikkor 35mm lens 1:2.5, Serial No 555687. With hot shoe.

Nikanos-V Underwater Camera

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

Folding wooden drying rack for 24 plates, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches or larger.

plate drying rack

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

Flexible Printed Circuit Board from Canon AE1

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture with the top two corners curved.

Matt

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture with the top two corners curved.

Matt

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with oval shaped aperture.

Matt

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

1924-1933

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

A cardboard three-dimensional display stand for Kodak Brownie camera depicting a person in the foreground photographing a couple in the background.

Kodak Brownie camera display stand

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture. The frame has a dotted pattern, with a foliage motif in each corner.

Matt

Plaque, New Photographer Award, 1928. Cast bronze relief on wooden mount. Cast with a seated man putting a laurel crown on a seated angel. 'Awarded to S A Smith New Photographer 6168 - LNER April 1928'

New Photographer Award, 1928

1928

Medal, Bradford Camera Club 1930-1931. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Cast white metal, releif of woman in Classical dress writting on a wall. In case. 'Stanley A Smith Bradford Camera Club Trophy 1930-31'.

Medal, Bradford Camera Club 1930-1931. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Cast white metal

1930-1931

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

1929

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture with the top two corners curved.

Matt

Photograph album with black lacquer covers. Front cover is ornamented with large figure of an eagle in mother of pearl, on branch made of none with mother of pearl flowers and two mother of pearl small beads. All pages and cover interiors are covered with hand painted silk showing Japanese scenery and flowers.

Japanese photograph album

Kowa Ramera Model KTC-62 camera-radio. 16mm sub miniature camera built into transmitter radio. Red and cream plastic. Prominar lens F:23mm f/3.5, Serial No K12342; 3-speed shutter; direct vision finder. Coaxial flash socket. Medium wave radio, frequency range 565 Khz; volume control; earphone socket. serial No 38700.

Kowa Ramera model KTC-62 camera-radio

1959

Single lens refelx camera for 110 cartridge film. Interchangeable lenses; Pentax-110 F:24mm f/2.8 lens Serial No 1349394. Automatic exposure through the lens. Camera Serial No 1373747. In original carton with instructions, zip case etc.

Asahi Pentax Auto 110 camera

1981

Hanimex PF628 Tele-Hanomatic camera. Pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; fixed exposure; normal tele lens setting; flipflash socket.

Hanimex PF628 Tele-Hanomatic camera

Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Kodar lens F:111mm f/7.9-45. No 0 Kodex shutter 3 blades 25/50/T/B. Screw focusing, 100-6 foot. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder, autographic back. No 49342. Kodak Canada. Serial No 49342.

No1 Pocket Kodak

1926-1931

3D Roye-Vala-Scope disposable spectacles. Acorn 2563. Natural Vision Studios Ltd, Grove Place, London, W3. 'Specialising in all forms of 3D Photography'.

Roye-Vala-Scope Disposable 3-D glasses

1950-1959

Wooden tray 237x327mm; originally waterproofed. Traces of crystals in angles. Used for fixing?

Wooden processing tray used by W H F Talbot

SLR camera for 35mm film (24x36mm), SMC Pentax-M lens F50mm f1.7, Serial No 2507766, FP shutter, TL metering, Serial No 8444511.

Asahi Pentax KM camera

1976

Lithograph depicting a man holding a camera with text printed underneath which reads '7. internationale Ausstellung von Kunst-Photographien 1899, Hamburg, Kunsthalle'. The lithograph is signed Einbeck.

Lithograph depicting a man holding a camera

Awarded N Blake. Two alegorical female figures, one with camera etc, moulded in bronze on oak plaque with hinged stand. Engraved at bottom 'IWPS, 1903, N Blake'.

I W PS bronze plaque

1903

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

1930

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

1975

Photo-collage (joiner) by David Hockney of National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, West Yorkshire, assembled July 1985

Photo-collage by David Hockney

1984-1985

Cabinet portrait of Queen Victoria by Bassano, London, 1887. Presentation card by Tonks, Family Grocer, Scarborough, printed reverse

Cabinet portrait of Queen Victoria by Bassano

1887

Lithograph by M Billing, advertisement for I P Cutts, Sutton and Son, opticians to Her Majesty, Sheffield, undated (1858-60)

Advertisement for I P Cutts, Sutton and Son, Opticians

1858-1860