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Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Folding Camera for Whole Plates

Studio Stand Camera

Pullman Camera

Large Half Plate Stand Camera

The 1889 Instantograph Camera

1889

Kodak Studio Stand Camera

McKellen Folding Hand or Stand Camera

circa 1890

Collapsible Folding Bellows Hand or Stand Camera

circa 1910

Thornton-Pickard Royal Ruby Camera

circa 1920

EMPRESS Whole Plate Stand Camera

Gandolfi 'Universal' Camera

Daguerreotype portrait camera

1857-1860

'Artist' Twin Lens Plate Camera

1889

Sanger-Shepherd Camera

Thornton Pickard folding bellows field or stand camera, c 1890

1885-1895

Sands, Hunter & Co Stand Camera

Watson & Sons Folding Bellows Tailboard Field and Stand Camera, c 1890

1885-1895

Exhibition Camera by Sands and Hunter

Hand and Stand Camera and One Darkslide.

1895
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
Folding stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. With a W Banks Bolton wide angle lens F: 5 1/2 inches rotating wheel with stops f/17, 23, 35, 46 No. 56. Sliding rising and cross front. Front standard fixed. Rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, double extension. Reversible back with hinged ground glass screen. Vertical swing back. Square bellows. Reynolds and Branson.

Reynolds and Branson quarter plate stand camera

1895-1905
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

The Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 and one darkslide. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, double swing and reversing back. Focusing by two rack and pinion mechanisms. Fitted with a Beck Steinheil 'Unofocal' patent Series 1 F.6.6 7.2" f.1 mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter. Polished teak with brass fittings. Houghton Ltd, c.1904.

Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Darkslide.

1899-1909
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

The Una camera. Folding hand or stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Lens no 255667 (pat. 11108/'04). Goerx pantar combination lens F: 11 3/4, 9 1/2 inches. Goerz diaphragm shutter calibrated with 6f/ scale 14 inches lens 12.5-64; 11 3/4 - 12.5-64, 12.5-64; 11 + 14 3/4 6.8-45; 14+ 9 1/2 7.2-45 shutter speeds 2/3/5/10/20/75/100/150/T. Rack and pinion rising front with sliding extension. Swing front, revolving back. Rack and pinion focusing with long extension. Baseboard calibrated in two scales from 5 to 15 1/2 inches in 1/2 inch steps. Ground glass focusing screen in detachable back. Manufactured by James A Sinclair & Co Ltd., 54 Haymarket, London SW.

The Una 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
The Sanderson Regular camera. Folding stand and hand camera for 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Zeiss Tessar F: 13.5cm f/6.3-25 NO. 672986. Inso shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/125/B/T/ Rack and pinion and sliding rising front. Swing front, drop front. Top of body opens to permit extra rise on wide angle lens. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Rack and pinion on lens panel slide in camera body. Reversible back. Ground glass screen masked to 1/4 plate. No. 25262. Houghtons Limited.

The Sanderson Regular Camera

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
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
Stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Lens and lens panel missing. Fixed front. Ornate strenthening plates. Rafck and pinion focusing on rear panel. Double extension. Tailboard construction. Sliding rising front swing back. Reversible back. Square bellows. Figured wood perhaps maple. Marsden.

Marsden Stand Camera

No. 5 Cartridge Kodak camera, 1898-1900, manufactured by EKCo. Folding camera for 115 rollfilm. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US4-128. Eastman triple action shutter B/I/T, slow to fast adjustment. Rack and pinion focusing, sliding rising and cross front. Two reflecting finders. With interchangeable plate back No.533 adaptor. Blockform double darkslide and a standard back No.1288. Eastman Kodak. Overall (deployed): 220 mm x 260 mm x 295 mm.

No 5 Cartridge Kodak camera

1898-1900
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

Stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. With a simple landscape lens in rack and pinion mount and fixed aperture. Sliding rising and cross front. Small amount of swing on back. Ground glass focusing screen on hinged frame. Camera disassemblies back has two sets of half hinges on two adjacent sides. Front has two screws locating in long keyhole slots in baseboard. Removable single side strut. Baseboard separate. J Lancaster & Son, c.1886.

Le Meritoire camera

1881-1891
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 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 inch plates, tailgate type. Fitted with 2894 when received. No lenses. Rack and pinion focusing on the rear panel. Sliding rising front. Swing back. Swing up ground glass focusing screen. Cloth septum. G. Hare.

Hare stereoscopic camera

No 5 folding Kodak camera, 1893-1897, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 54 exposure roll film 5 x 7 inch. Bausch & Lomb universal lens. US 4-256, Bausch & Lomb iris diaphragm shutter 3/2/1/2/5/25/50/100. Sliding rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing, drop front to baseboard, swing back vertical and horizontal movement, reflecting viewfinder, compartment in case for interchangeable elements (missing). Walker roll holder. No 9498. Overall (deployed): 240 mm x 256 mm x 390 mm. This is an early folding camera designed for use with rollfilm. Externally, it resembles a leather-covered box. The front panel opens down to reveal the lens panel - connected by bellows to a modified Eastman- Walker rollholder.

No 5 folding Kodak camera

1893-1897
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

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
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

Half plate stand camera. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, vertical swing back. Pendulum level, reversible back, with hinged swing out focusing screen. Tripod turntable in base, patent 319/84. Inserted plate 'The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co., 115 Oxford Street, London, manufacturers'. Patent 319/84. Steinheil lens. Overall (deployed): 240 mm x 210 mm x 260 mm.

Half plate stand camera. Sliding rising front

Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Ross Goerz double anastigmat lens F:8 1/4 inches f/7.7-64 No 353. Fitted with a Thornton Pickard Time and Inst. shutter 15/25/40/60/80/T. Fixed rear panel, sliding front panel. sliding rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing, hinged down focusing screen. Double extension bellows rotatable back, hinged ground glass focusing screen. Thornton's patent pendulum level. G Hare.

Hare Half Plate Stand camera

1890
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
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
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

Gandolfi half-plate camera. Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. With a Taylor, Taylor Hobson Series M Cooke Aviar lens F: 8 1/4 inches f/4.5-32 series II, Made in Leicester Serial No 87947. Thornton Pickard Time and Instantaneous Patent roller blind shutter 15/30/45/60/75/T. Spare lens panel with 38mm ID Mount. Rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, tailgate design. Sliding rising front, swing back. Reversible back ground glass focusing screen. Square bellows, double extension. Overall (deployed): 152 mm x 226 mm x 420 mm.

Gandolfi Half Plate Camera

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
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

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