Box camera for E29 rollfilm 3 x 1 5/ 8 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. T/I rotary shutter. Two reflecting finders. With blue leatherette covering. Houghton-Butcher Mfg Co Ltd, London. Ensign E29 box camera
Puck box camera for rollfilm No.120 giving 8 exposures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Fixed focus meniscus type lens in guillotine with two position shutter, instantaneous and bulb. Made of wood covered in imitation crocodile leatherette. Thornton Pickard, c 1920. 'Puck' Box Camera, c 1920 1915-1925
Gunnery training camera, for 120 rollfilm. Lens and graticule missing. Exposure made by pulling trigger, film transported and shutter set by cocking lever. Thornton-Pickard Mk III Gun Camera 1915-1925
Thornton Pickard 'Victory' single lens reflex camera. With no reversing back. Rack and pinon focusing with focal plane shutter. Shutter speeds obtained by varying aperture with speeds a/10 to 1/1000 and T. Lens panel has rising front and is fitted a Wray Lustrar F.5.9 5" f.1 lens. Wood construction with metal fittings covered in black leather. Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Co. c 1920. Thornton Pickard 'Victory' single lens reflex camera, c 1920 1915-1925
Thornton-Pickard MK III, Hythe Gun camera. Thornton-Pickard MK III Hythe Gun Camera, c 1916 1915-1919
'Time and Instantaneous' wooden roller blind shutter made by Thornton-Pickard, Altrincham, c.1892 'Time and Instantaneous' wooden roller blind shutter made by Thornton-Pickard circa 1892
Toolbox containing 43 tools made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s. Toolbox containing tools circa 1965
Three epicyclic gearboxes designed by Ralph Edwards for Eagle Cars, Altrincham, with related photographs and brochures. c.1913-1930 collection of objects and archives circa 1904-1967
Before lens rollerblind shutter 12/25/35/50/70/T. String cocked, fitted with cable release. For 6cm diameter lens mount. B 2147. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard Time and Instantaneous Shutter
Thornton Pickard focal plane shutter for whole plate camera. /200/400/600/800/1000 sec. Focusing screen in swing out back. No. E 72583. Thornton Pickard focal plane shutter
Before lens roller blind shutter for 9 1/2cm lens mount. 10/20/30/40/50/T. 15.5 x 19cm. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter
Stereo puck camera, 1931. Box camera for 120 rollfilm and two 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 inch simple lenses of fixed aperture. Double rotary shutter T/I. Single reflecting finder. Prov. Patent 12602/31. Stereo puck camera 1931
Before lens roller blind shutter for 46mm lens mount. 15/30/45/75/90/T. E78478. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard time and instantaneous shutter
Before lens roller blind shutter, for 44mm diameter lens mount. T/I adjustable tension. No 7029J. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard Time Shutter
Patent roller blind shutter for lens - B opening. Pneumatic operation with no ball or tube. No. M 81766. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard Studio Shutter
Large rollerblind shutter for 4 1/2 inches diameter lens mount. 10/20/30/40/50/T on 9 inch square wooden panel with flange for T-H lens. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard time and inst. Shutter
Horizontal enlarger for quarterplate negatives. Lens missing. Perken, son and rayment rapid rectilinear lens f/8-64. SCrew focusing. Double plano convex condensers, removable diffuser. Originally fitted with inverted fas jet. Thornton Pickard Thornton-Pickard imperial horizontal enlarger 1930-1940
Delay valve for pneumatic release line 0/ 1/8 / 1/4 / 1/2 /1/2/3 seconds. Thornton Pickard. Thornton Pickard Time Valve
Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera, brass and mahogany. Bellows plate. Rising and swing front. Double focussing pinions - front and back Pendulum level. Built-in tripod fittings. No.3193A. Fitted with Cooke lens 1259. No 3193. Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera 1899-1905
11 adaptors for cut film for 1/4 plate holders. Made from thin sheet steel with reinforcing ribs. Thornton Pickard patent film carriers
Gauge tool used to check the accuracy of work, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s. Gauge tool made by Bob Watkins circa 1965
Toolbox used by Bob Watkins during his apprenticeship at Linotype & Machinery Co. Toolbox owned by Bob Watkins circa 1965
Punch tool used to make a mark in an object before drilling, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s. Punch tool made by Bob Watkins circa 1965
Engineers square tool used to check a square object for accuracy, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s. Engineers square tool made by Bob Watkins circa 1965
End for trammel bar tool used to measure and scribe for accuracy, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s. End for trammel bar tool made by Bob Watkins circa 1965