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Houghton 'Triple Victo' Half-Plate Camera

Houghton 'Triple Victo' Half-Plate Camera

1908-1915
Ensign Optiscope Number 6 projector

Ensign Optiscope Number 6 projector

circa 1905
Ticka camera

Ticka camera

1901-1911
Ensign Klito Folding Bellows Camera, c 1915

Ensign Klito Folding Bellows Camera, c 1915

1910-1920
Ensignette No 2 camera

Ensignette No 2 camera

1907-1915
Houghton's Klito No 3A Camera

Houghton's Klito No 3A Camera

1905-18
EMPRESS Whole Plate Stand Camera

EMPRESS Whole Plate Stand Camera

Taylor Taylor and Hobson Cooke Luxor Anastigmat Lens

Taylor Taylor and Hobson Cooke Luxor Anastigmat Lens

circa 1912
No 2 Ensignette De Luxe, c 1912

No 2 Ensignette De Luxe, c 1912

1904-1915
Klito No 2 Magazine Plate Camera

Klito No 2 Magazine Plate Camera

1908-1918
Klito Falling Plate Magazine Camera

Klito Falling Plate Magazine Camera

1905
Ensign folding bellows camera, c 1910

Ensign folding bellows camera, c 1910

1904-1915
Ensign Ensignette Miniature Camera and Case.

Ensign Ensignette Miniature Camera and Case.

1904-1915
Folding Klito No. 00. Houghtons

Folding Klito No. 00. Houghtons

1914
Quarter plate Ensign camera, 1912

Quarter plate Ensign camera, 1912

1912
Folding Klito No. 000 Bellows Camera and Three Single, Metal Darkslides.

Folding Klito No. 000 Bellows Camera and Three Single, Metal Darkslides.

1914
Sanderson folding bellows camera

Sanderson folding bellows camera

1904-1914
Ensignette Camera

Ensignette Camera

Triple Victo

Triple Victo

1905
Ensign Anastigmat Lens in Ever-set Shutter

Ensign Anastigmat Lens in Ever-set Shutter

1904-1914
Ensign Rollfilm Camera

Ensign Rollfilm Camera

Folding Klito camera

Folding Klito camera

1909
Sanderson Camera and Case

Sanderson Camera and Case

1910
Folding Klito Camera

Folding Klito Camera

1913
Aldis Planio Anastigmat lens and Ensign Sektor shutter, c 1912

Aldis Planio Anastigmat lens and Ensign Sektor shutter, c 1912

1905-1915
Houghtons' Rollfilm Camera

Houghtons' Rollfilm Camera

1920
Folding Klito Model 000a

Folding Klito Model 000a

1912
Ensignette, 1910

Ensignette, 1910

1910
The Holborn Folding Enlarger

The Holborn Folding Enlarger

Ensign Art Border Negative No.6

Ensign Art Border Negative No.6

Ensign 2 1/4 B Box Camera, c 1910

Ensign 2 1/4 B Box Camera, c 1910

1904-1915
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.

The Scout box camera

1901
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

Ensignette No 2 Rollfilm Camera

1911-1926
'The Sanderson' camera 'Tropical' model by Houghton Ltd., serial no.827158, with Zeiss 'Tessar' f4.5 13.5cm lens, Compur shutter, 6 plate holders, case and tripod, c.1914.

Sanderson 'Tropical' Camera

1914
"Sanderson Regular" quarter plate camera fitted with Compur shutter and Tessar f4.5 lens, c. 1912, with Dallmeyer Adon lens and Compur shutter; Wray wide angle lens & Epsilon shutter; Nine dark slides, c. 1914.

Sanderson Regular quarter plate camera

1914
Collapsing camera for 4cm rollfilm 36 x 58mm. Fitted with an anastigmat lens, rotating plate with three apertures f/5.6, 11, 22. I/T shutter. Single brilliant reflecting finder. British Patent 28464, 1907, 14489, 1908. No 2465A. C.1910

The Anastigmat Ensignette

1905-1915
Folding hand and stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck symmetrical lens f/8-64. Thornton Pickard rollerblind shutter Time. Rack and pinion focusing with double extension. Brilliant reflecting viewfinder with rotating mask on baseboard. Sliding rising front, vertical swing back. Reversible sing back with hooded ground glass focusing screen.

The Folding Victo Camera

1905-1915
Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Rectimat symmetrical lens f/8-45. T/B/I shutter. Brillaint reflecting rotating finder. Sliding focusing with click stops. British patent No. 22385, 1911. Houghton Limited.

Ensign rollfilm camera

1907-1917
The 'Sanderson' folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm size 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Rack and pinion focusing. More than double extensions. With waist-level viewfinder and ground glass back. has an interchangeable lens panel fitted with a Dallmeyer Stigmat F.65 3" f.1 lens mounted in an Ensign Sector shutter No II, speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. Made of French polished mahogany with black leather cover and brass fittings and red leather bellows. Houghton, c.1905

Sanderson folding bellows camera

1904-1914
Ensign Optiscope No 6 lantern slide projector.

Ensign Optiscope No 6

1900-1910
Box-type magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Aldis Anastigmat lens No. 2 f/6-64. Bausch and Lomb Automat shutter 1/2/5/25/50 focusing. 2 brilliant reflecting finders, 2 spirit levels. Falling plate mechanism plates horizontal. Exposed plates removed trhough trapdoor in base. Relesaed by slide; exposure counter. With 11 metal plateholders. Yellow filter in screw mount. Lens no. 8767, camera no. 24129.

No 5A Holborn-Ilex camera

1900-1920
Klito folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ". Drop-front pull-out type. Fitted with a Plutar Extra Rapid Aplanat Series III F.8 5" lens mounted in an Ensign sector II shutter, speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. Waist level viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with black leather covering. Houghton c.1914. With canvas carrying case.

Ensign Klito Folding Bellows Camera

1904-1915
'Ticka' camera. Watch-shaped rollfilm camera for 18mm wide film in special cassette. 15x23mm pictures. Fixed aperture simple lens. T/I shutter; lens cap. With accessory brilliant reflecting finder. Exposure counter. In cloth case, with directions, instruction book, receipt, instruction card. In original carton.

Ticka watch camera

1908
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck Neostigmat lens Series IIIn N.3 f/7.7-32 No.152879. Everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T, Sliding rising front, sliding focusing. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Houghton's Limited.

The Folding Klito camera

1912
Collapsing camera for 1 5/8 inch rollfilm 1 3/8 x 2 1.2 inches. Fitted with a simple lens with a rotating plate with three apertures. f/11, 16, 22. I/B shutter. Brilliant reflecting finder. Patent 28464/1907. Houghtons limited.

Ensignette camera

The 'Princess' enlarger. By Houghtons Ltd.

The Princess Enlarger

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plate. Fitted with a symmetrical Rectimat lens f/8-45, T/B/I everset shutter. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder. Sliding focusing, scale adjustment to two positions, P and K. Ground glass focusing screen with folding hood. Houghtons Limited c.1910.

Folding Klito Camera Model 00

1905-1915
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

Collapsing camera for 40mm wide rollfilm 34 x 57mm. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three stops, f/11, 16, 22. Everset shutter I/B/T. Built in brilliant reflecting finder. Patent 28464, 1907. Houghtons Limited.

Ensignette Camera

1907-1910
Folding Scout camera, made by Houghtons Limited. Folding rollfilm camera for 8 on 120 film. Simple lens; rotating aperture plate f.12,17,34. T/I shutter. Sliding rising front. Sliding focussing to 3'. Red bellows, partly detached front panel; black leatherette on body. No. 87547 (M.4846)

Folding Scout Camera