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Daguerreotype portrait camera

1857-1860

Gandolfi 'Universal' Camera

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

'Artist' Twin Lens Plate Camera

1889
Lancaster 1901 B B Instantograph camera, folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Lancaster Patent landscape achromatic lens, iris diaphragm marked 1-8 f/10-30. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing with double extension. Swing back, both movements. Lancaster patent swing out ground glass focusing screen. Manufactured by J Lancaster and Son, Birmingham. 1901. This was a special 'tropical' version of the Instantograph - the letters BB stand for Brass Bound.

Lancaster B B Instantograph camera

1901
Mahogany and brass stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates. Fitted with an Underwood rapid rectilinear lens F: 9 inches f/8-64. Thornton Pickard time and inst. Roller blind shutter, 15/25/40/60/80/T. Sliding, rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, double extension, swing back, square bellows, with tripod head. Underwood.

Underwood Instanto Tailboard Field Camera

circa 1896
Folding stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis anastigmat lens No.2a F;6.5 inches, f/6.3-45, No106595. With a Thornton pickard Time and inst. Roller blind shutter behind the lens. 15/30/45/75/90/T. Sliding and rising front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Vertical swing back. Lens panel is located by pin and keyhole slot. Reversible back with ground glass focusing screen in hinged frame. Built in tripod turntable.

Quarter-Plate Stand Camera

1910
No. 6 Folding Kodak camera, improved model, 1893-5. Folding box/bellows camera for rollfilm or plates 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch. Fitted with a Bausch & Lomb Universal lens F:12 inches. US 4-256 interchangeable elements for W/A lens F:9 inches US 16 - 128. Bausch & Lomb iris diaphragm shutter 3/2/1/2/5/25/50/100/T. With pneumatic release valve. Lens and shutter have bayonet fitting. Sliding and rising cross front, drop-front and swing back. Lever focusing - two positions for converted lens. Rotating reflecting finder. Compartment under lid contains a spare lens elements, tripod screw and roll holder screw. Walker roll holder No.532. Overall (deployed): 290 mm x 300 mm x 470 mm.

No.6 folding Kodak, improved model

1893-1895
No 5 Folding Kodet camera, 1895-1897, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 5 x 7 plates or roll film. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating disc with four apertures, built in Kodet shutter, adjustable slow to fast I/T. Sliding focus, sliding rising and cross front, rotating reflecting finder on the baseboard with Eastman roll holder for 7 inch rollfilm, with exposure counter No 534. With ground glass screen, camera no 592. Overall (deployed): 190 mm x 230 mm x 344 mm.

Kodak No 5 Folding Kodet camera

1895-1897
Stand camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. no lens. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing. Vertical swing back. Ground glass focusing screen in reversible back. Tripod turntable built in. Sold by Spiers and Pond's Stores, Queen Victoria Street.

Whole Plate Stand Camera

Stand camera for 9 x 12 cm plates. Front panel fixed, rear panel moves by rack and pinion. Hinged base board locked by sliding section. Thornton Pickard Time shutter, sliding rising and cross front.. Swing back both movements, ground glass screen in spring back, rotatable. Nickel plated finish on metal parts.

Stand Plate camera

1900
Stand camera for 15x12" plates; no lens; rising front; screw focusing on front panel; rear handle; reversible back, broken glass missing, painted white.

Turner folding stand camera

Folding stand camera for 3.25x4.25 inch plates; Lancaster patent lens with iris disphragm: f/10; rising and cross front, swing back; track and pinion focusing on lens panel; ground glass screen in Lancaster patent swing-out mount.

Lancaster 1893 Instantograph camera

1893
British made tapering wooden box, fixed focus daylight enlarger. For 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch pictures with removable mask for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 negatives. Sliding guillotine shutter, lens missing, holder for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch paper.

Mason stand camera

1885
Stand camera; all metal; 4.75x6.5 inch plates; no lens; triple lens turret; integral shutter 1-1/50 sec.; all swing and rise movements on front and back; double rail base.

Trixale stand camera

Stand camera for half plates; no lens; rack focusing on front and back; swing front; vertical and horizontal swing back. Extension bed. Spring reversable back. No 1083.

Kodak Specialist 2 camera

Stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Kodak Ektar lens F:203mm f/7.7-45, coated. With a Prontar SVS shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B. Delayed action, X and M synchronisation with coaxial flash socket. Sliding and rising front with vertical swing front. With rack and pinion focusing on front and rear panels. Worm and rack operated swing back, both movements. Reversible back and screw fitted. Spring ground glass focusing screen. Hinged calibrated baseboard with screw fitted extension bed. Grey and satin chrome finish. No.1981. Kodak Limited.

Kodak Specialist Stand Camera Model 2.

Stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens c.F:9 1/2 inches f/6-44. Sliding, rising front. Sliding cross front gives 2 1/2 inch separation between two extremes of lens position, for stereo. Swing back in both directions but the dividing septum is missing. Rack and pinion focusing on rear panel. Ground glass screen on swing up frame. W. Watson and Sons.

Watson half plate camera for single / stereo pictures

Stand camera for 1/2 plates; vertical swing front; horizontal and vertical swing back; rack focusing on front and back; rack rising front; sprung focusing screen; red wood, gilt metalwork. Fitted with 1990-5036/4858.

Kodak View camera

Folding stand plate camera. Wooden folding stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Rapid rectilinear lens made by John Piggott, 117 Cheapside, London, No. 234. F5 1/2" Waterhouse stop slot. Sliding focusing. Repaired back, ground glass holder - homemade?

Folding Stand Plate camera

1892
Houghtons Ltd, London. Folding stand camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. Ross Goerz patent Double Anastigmat lens F:9 1/2 inches, f/7.7-64, No 5418, and Taylor, Taylor and Hobson wide angle rectilinear lens F:5.3, f/16-64, No 15474. Thornton Pickard rollerblind shutter Time and Inst. -15/30/45/60/75/T. Rack and pinion focusing on front and back, double extension. Sliding rising and cross front. Twoway swing back. Sanderson patent double strut swing front. Reversible back, ground glass focusing screen on hinged frame. Pendulum level. Chamfered bellows No 17482. With two bookform double wooden dark slides, and focusing cloth.

Wholeplate Sanderson Camera Regular Model

Hunter and Sands stand camera. Folding stand camera for 5x4 plates with Ross 5x4 rapid symmetrical lens. F: 6" with slot for Waterhouse stops, c.f.8. Sliding rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing on back double extension bellows. Swing back.

Hunter and Sands Stand Camera

1880
A collection of items relating to Gandolfi Ltd., hand-made camera manufacturers, 1939: Gandolfi `Precision' 5x7" camera, owned by Sir Kenneth Corfield

Gandolfi `Precision' Camera

1939
The Triple Diamond folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With triple extension, rising and tilting front, reversing and swing back movement. Lens panel hinged to baseboard. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens F.8 8 f.1. mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Of mahogany with brass fittings and tapered leather bellows.

Triple Diamond Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck Symmetrical lens f/8-45, interchangeable with pair of Achromat lenses f/11-44 both on front panel for roller blind shutter ? Thornton Pichard 15/30/45/76/90/T, with wire release. Sliding rising front, swing front. Rack and pinion focusing, triple extension on back and front panels. Swing back. Focusing screen is missing. Reversible back. With removable spring roller septum for stereo. With built in tripod turntable with separate legs. Sold by Westminster Photographic Exchange. With two Two wooden bookform double darkslides.

Half Plate Stand Camera

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates.Fitted with a Beck symmetrical lens f/8-11. Studio diaphragm shutter, Sliding rising front. Bertical swing on back and front. Rack and pinion focusing on back and front. REversible back. Built in tripod turntable. Thrornton-Pickard.

Thornton Pickard Imperial Triple Extension Camera

Thornton Pickard 'College' folding bellows hand or stand camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 /14. With double extension, tapered bellows, swing and reversing back, rising and tilting front. Rack and pinion focusing. Supported by two brass struts. Fitted with an Aldis Anastigmat F.7.7 7 1/2" f.1 lens mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Rubber air pressure release. c1910.

Thornton Pickard 'College' folding bellows hand or stand camera, c 1910

1905-1915
Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates. No makers name (but probably French or German). Folding plate camera in walnut with nickel fittings. No lens or panel. Sliding rising and cross front. Front fixed, back adjustable in three positions with peg and keyslot fittings. Rack and pinion focussing, double extension bellows. Hinged baseplate locked by sliding element. With one bookform wooden double darkslide.

Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates

1900
Gandolfi square bellows tailboard camera, whole plate size; Taylor Hobson Cooke Anastigmat Series V lens, f/8 11 inch lens, Serial No 111408; also with six double dark slides, twelve lens panels and one roller blind shutter, f4 Ross Xpres wide angle lens Serial No 216669; Ross Homocentric f6.3 lens, No. 213388; f/5.5 Tele Ross lens No. 197885, c. 1930.

Gandolfi Square Bellows Tailboard Camera

1930
Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens by Henry Crouch, 66 Barbican, London. F:10 inches with six Waterhouse stops, in case with lens cap and chamois bag Serial No153. Sliding rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing with extra extension by sliding front panel out on extension baseboard. Focusing acts on rear panel. Ground glass focusing screen in hinged frame, vertical swing back. Provision for stereo divider, septum missing Square bellows. Meagher.

Meagher half-plate stand camera

The Sanderson hand camera, no. 3333. Folding hand and stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis anastigmat lens No.2 F: 5.75 inches f/6-45 No.106122. Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/T/B. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Sliding rising front, swing front. Drop baseboard, hinged flap on camera body to permit rise with wide angle lens. Reversible back, ground glass focusing screen. Brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard with rotating mask. Spirit level missing. G. Houghton.

Sanderson hand and stand plate camera

George Houghton and Sons "The Sanderson Regular" folding bellows hand or stand camera for plates 6 1/2 x 4 3/4, c. 1906. With double extensions, tapered red leather bellows and a reversing back. With rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Goerz Double Anastigmat Series 111/2 F.6.3 180mm lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutters, speeds 1 sec 1/100sec B. & T. With brilliant waist level viewfinder. Of mahogany with brass fittings covered in black leather. With wooden double darkslide.

The Sanderson Folding Bellows Camera and Darkslide

1903
Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2" plates. No makers name but ? Middlemiss. Mahogany and brass folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2" plates. No lens or panel. Front panel located by stud and keyslot, two positions. Rack and pinion focusing double extension . Sliding rising front , swing back. No.3383. With Eastman roll-holder (Pat. May 5th 1885), No. 7520 and two double darkslides. Tripod base (no legs), in canvas and board case.

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2" plates

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a C.P. Goerz Dogmar lens F:15cm f/4.5-36 No. 515048. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/150/B/T. Swing front, rising front - sliding, considerable movement. Swing back. Rack and pinion focusing on front and rear panels with long extension. Reversible back with swing out ground glass. Built in large diameter tripod head.

Half-plate Stand camera

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch quarter plates. Fitted with a Ross Goerz double anastigmat lens F:8 1/4 inches f/8.-64. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing. Double extension bellows rotatable back, hinged ground glass focusing screen. Lens number 4970. J T Chapman Limited. 1895-1900.

The British Box Plate Stand camera

1905
Teak folding quarter plate stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/3 inch plates with nickel plated fittings. No lens. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Lens standards fixed by two keyslots and screw fittings. Two spirit levels, hinged ground glass focusing screen. Continental tripod bushes.

Quarterplate Stand Camera

1910
Sandham stand camera, made by Sandham and Co., 92 Northgate, Blackburn. Folding hand/stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6" plates. With "R.R. No.2" lens F.8 1/2", f.3-64 and RR type F.9" f.8-64. Sliding rising front with click stops. Swing front end and back. Pendulum level. Rack and pinion focussing, double extension. For shutter see 1990-5036/1269

Sandham stand camera

1900
Franks half-plate camera, made by A Franks, optician, Manchester, Hull and Liverpool. Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2". No lens; flange 1 3/4" on panel. Rack and pinion focussing, sliding rising front. Swing back. Double extension bellows. With two double wooden bookform plateholders. No lens.

Franks' Half-plate camera

1895
Folding wooden camera for 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inch halfplates. No lens present. Sliding rising front. Double extension bellows, rack and pinion focusing, tripod turntable built into base. Swing back and ground glass screen holder with removable back.

Folding Wooden Stand Camera

1890
Folding stand camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis NO. 4 lens F:10 inches f/6-64 No. 12360. Thornton Pickard Time and Inst. Roller blind shutter 15/25/40/60/80/T, with cable release. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Tapered bellows and swing front and back. Pendulum level with a rotating back, ground glass screen and a built in royalty tripod head with legs. Billcliff.

Billcliff plate camera

1895
J Lancaster & Son camera for 10"x12" plates. No movements. Fixed front panel, sliding screen/plate holder. Square bellows. 2'6" extension. With one wooden single darkslide. No lens. Retailed by Benetfink & Co, Cheapside London E.C. Overall: 405 mm x 322 mm x 790 mm.

Lancaster stand plate camera

1852-1861
Folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension. Fitted with a Symmetrical lens, F.8, 9inch f.l. Fitted in front of a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, speeds 1/5 to 1/90 sec. B. & T. c.1890.

The "Imperial" Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Three Book Form Double Darkslides.

1885-1895
German collapsible folding bellows hand or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2, and three wooden bookform darkslides. Double extension, rising front cross movement. Fitted with a Universal Rapid Aplanat F.8 9" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic shutter speeds 1 sec to 1/100sec B. & T. With brilliant optical waist level viewfinder. Mahogany covered with leather with nickel plated fittings. By Huttig c.1910

Collapsible Folding Bellows Hand or Stand Camera

circa 1910
Large studio stand camera, 7 1/2 feet high. Counterbalanced camera platform. Rack and pinion elevation and screw tilt. 3 castor base and locking pin. Kodak Limited.

Kodak Studio Stand Camera

Stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/8-64 c.F:9 inches. Sliding and rising front, rack and pinion focusing. Swing back, both movements. Ground glass focusing screen on swing out frame with reversible back. J. Lancaster, 1889.

The 1889 Instantograph Camera

1889
McKellen folding hand or stand camera, with a lens, plate holder, and a shutter. Base fitted with a circular disc with fittings for tripod. With pull down front. Has rising front and swing back. McKellen, c.1890

McKellen Folding Hand or Stand Camera

circa 1890
Folding stand camera 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. Lens is missing. Fitted with a rollerblind shutter 15/30/45/60/75/90/T. Sliding rising and cross front. Screw focusing on rear panel. Vertical swing on back. Non reversible back, swing up ground glass screen. Square bellows, perished.

Folding Camera for Whole Plates

Studio stand camera. Counter balanced camera platform with locking clamp and screw tilt. Metal and wood construction.

Studio Stand Camera

Quarter plate stand camera, made by G.Hare, 26 Calthorpe Street, London. Folding bellows camera. Dallmeyer Series II No. la Stigmatic lens F:4" f6-45 No. 57481. Thrornton Pickard T/I shutter with Antinous release. Sliding rising and cross front. Clip-on reflecting brilliant finder with rotating mask. Pendulum level; rack and pinion focusing on rear panel. In poor leather case with 5 wooden double darkslides.

Hare Quarter Plate Stand Camera

Folding stand camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with an Ensign Symmetrical lens f/8-64. Thornton Pickard Time and Inst. Shutter 15/25/40/60/80. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing at front and back of baseboard. Double extension. Reversible back, ground glass missing. Tripod turntable in baseboard. Houghtons Limited.

EMPRESS Whole Plate Stand Camera