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Stereo Realist 2.8 camera

Photographic Technology

1947-1971

Contax camera

Photographic Technology

1932-1936

Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

Photographs

1915-1920

'Midg' Camera Used to Make the First Two `Cottingley fairies' Photographs in 1917

Photographic Technology

1902-1917

Guard's handlamp, Great Northern Railway - Royal Train No.1

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1870-1910

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

Marine Engines

1886-1887

Britannia model locomotive cab

Railway Models

1946-1956

RCA Sound Camera

Cinematography

1935-1939

Justophot Automatic Drem Exposure Meter. Telescope-type meter; scales for time, speed and aperture; in leather case; in original box with instructions. White metal tube with eye-piece. box also contains leather case, abridged instructions and full instructions booklet. Patentee Dr Emille Meyer.

Drem Justaphot extinction meter

Photographic Technology

1930

Emitron tube

Radio Communication

c. 1934

Arriflex 2C 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1960

Double sensitising box for daguerreotype process. Wooden case with two compartments containing china dishes; remains of supporting coil springs in case (very corroded), sliding frosted glass covers; sliding plate holder for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2" plates.

Double sensitising box for daguerreotype process

Photographic Technology

1845-1855

Folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Kodak Anastigmat Special lens No 689, F:100mm, f/3.5-22. Five blade shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Aperture setting coupled directly to photoelectric cell for automatic exposure control. Helical front-cell focusing coupled to split image rangefinder with triangular central field, combined with viewfinder. With leather hand strap. Lever wind-on. No 59714. The camera was designed by Joseph Mihalyi and styled by Walter Dorwin Teague.

Kodak Super Six-20 camera

Photographic Technology

1938-1944

Cine-Kodak Special II Camera

Cinematography

1933-1934

AK Home Cinema toy projector

Cinematography

1900-1920

Pathé Baby-Cine 9.5mm camera

Cinematography

1923

Pathé Kok 28mm projector

Cinematography

1908-1912

Williamson Type 4 Colonial Model 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1914

Model of an 'Overlead' cable windlass as fitted R.M.S. 'Amazon'

Marine Engines

1906-1909

Pathéscope Princess 9.5mm cine projector

Cinematography

c. 1959

Kodak Brownie 8 8mm movie camera

Cinematography

1960-1962

Folding bellows camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4". Simple lens, US 116-128. Wollensak Optical Co shutter T/I/B. Brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard, reversible. Sliding focusing, with 3 position preset stop. Patent 20 September 1910.

No 2A Folding Buster Brown camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1910

Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work. Makers and photographers C. Abbott; A. Bartlett; D. Cross; S Le Frank.

Miniature Scale Model of 2C Brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1924

Arriflex llB 35mm Cine Camera with 200' Magazine

Cinematography

1950

Paillard Bolex H16 16mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1951-1952

Debrie 'Le Parvo' 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1908

Amstrad SDX60 60mm satellite television dish, manufactured for Amstrad, Birmingham, England, 1989.

Amstrad SDX60 satellite dish, 1989

Television

1989

Kinora viewer

Cinematography

1912

Dux Kino Model 44 toy projector

Cinematography

c. 1957

Paillard-Bolex H8 8mm cine camera

Cinematography

1938

Bell and Howell 2709 Model B 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

c. 1912

Actual Michell thrust pad fitted in marine thrust

Marine Engines

1920-1935

Model of a cargo and ferry boat used on the upper Nile

Water Transport

1900-1910

Pathé Webo A 9.5mm cine camera

Cinematography

1946-1953

GEC 1091 television receiver

Television

c. 1949

Jos-Pe colour camera Uka model (professional)

Photographic Technology

c. 1925

Bauer Mini S cine camera

Cinematography

1966-1968

Éclair Cameflex 16/35mm camera

Cinematography

1946

Polyrama Panoptique

Cinematography

c. 1850

Newman and Sinclair NS400 cine camera

Cinematography

1963-1966

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

Photographic Technology

1982

Prestwich Model 1 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1892-1902

Kineoptoscope projector mechanism

Cinematography

1897

Alfred C Kemper, Chicago. All-metal box camera for 1 1/4 inch film camera, 1 /8 inch diameter. Simple lens; removable cap with small aperture. T/I shutter. Removable disc in back to convert to graphoscope viewer. Two spring retaining clips. No 13286. In original carton.

The Kombi Camera

Photographic Technology

1893

Fujica Single 8 P1 camera

Cinematography

1965-1977

Debrie Sept 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1921

Collapsing camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Meniscus lens, apertures 1-4. Ball Bearing shutter 25/50/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Black crackle finish. No 1721533.

Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1915-1926