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Aircraft bubble sextant.

1942-1945

Anscoflex II camera. Ansco Binghampton USA

1955

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

1910

Ansco Co, Binghampton. Box camera for 127 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 1 5/8". Simple lens, fixed aperture. Flip-flop rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Covered with maroon leatherette wwith gilt trim. Pat. Sept. 20 1910.

No 0 Buster Brown Box Camera

1910-1915

Coronet "Cub" roll film camera; flash synchronised model, c. 1948.

Coronet "Cub" Roll Film Camera

1948

Sharp crown press, with accessories in wooden box, by the W.H. Sharp Co., Binghamton, USA, 1890-1920

Sharp crown press

1890-1920

Coronet Cub camera, negative 3 x 4cm. Body of aluminium alloy covered in black leather. Lens panel spring loaded. Fitted with a fixed focus mensicus lens F.II with a 2 position shutter, inst and time, synchronised for flash. With direct vision viewfinder built into body. c.1950

Coronet Cub Camera

1950

No.1A Ansco folding bellows rollfilm camera for No.116 2 1/2 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out standard. After infinity, focusing by a lever mounted below the distance scale. Fitted with a Modico anastigmat F.7.5 mounted in an Universal No.1 shutter, speeds 1 1/150 sec B. & T made by the Ilex Comp. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder atttahed to lens standard. Wood construction with black leather covering. c.1914

No.1A Ansco folding bellows rollfilm camera for No.116 2 1/2 x 4 1/4"

circa 1914

Ansco Shur-Shot camera. Box camera for 120 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens f fixed aperture. Rotary shutter, instantaneous. With two brilliant reflecting finders. Ansco. Overall: 105 mm x 96 mm x 126 mm.

Ansco shur shot camera

circa 1948

Box form camera for 35mm film 17 x 24mm. Cine-veliostigmat lens, F:6.3-16 fixed focus. Deltax no 0 shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Rotating disc frame counter calibrated for 50 exposures, Advanced by shutter release. Film in wooden cassettes. Advanced by sliding claw mechanism behind pressure plates. Direct vision optical finder. Ansco, c.1928.

Ansco Memo 35mm Box camera; cassette camera

1923-1933

Agfa-Ansco folding camera. Overall (deployed): 180 mm x 95 mm x 148 mm.

Agfa-Ansco folding camera

1930

Ansco folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.120 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. Fitted with a Wollensak F.8 lens mounted in an Actus 3-speed shutter. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to the front standard. All metal construction with black leather cover. c.1912

Ansco folding bellows camera

circa 1912

Ansco Studio camera. Studio camera for 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fixed front panel, sliding rear panel. Lever focusing. Screw swing back, both movements. Reversible back in detachable frame. Ansco. No lens. Overall: 510 mm x 350 mm x 720 mm.

Ansco studio plate camera

"Coronet" folding pocket camera No. 2 in original manufacturers carton, c.1931.

Coronet Folding Pocket Camera No 2

1931

Ansco Clipper 2 1/4" sq. Collapsible. Fitted with a fixed focus meniscus lens mounted in a 2-position shutter I. & B. Ansco, c.1930

Ansco Clipper 2 1/4" sq. Collapsible

circa 1930

No. 1A folding Ansco camera for rollfilm 166. 6 exposures, 2 1/2 x 4 1/4", in original carton. Sliding clip at top to release back. Button on side releases lowers the drop-front. A lever below the focusing scale moves lens panel. Fitted with Rapid symmetrical, approx F.8 mounted in 4-speed Bionic shutter, speeds,1/10, 1/100 B. & T. Of wood and metal construction with leather covering. Ansco, c.1912

No.1A ANSCO camera

circa 1912

Coronet Vogue camera for rollfilm V35 negative 1 1/4 x 2". Self erecting folding bellows camera made of plastic for special film. Drop-front, spring loaded. Lens is a fixed focus meniscus in a 2 position shutter, inst. and time. Direct vision viewfinder built into body.

Coronet Vogue Camera

1936

Collapsing camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an ansco anastigmat lens f/6.3-32 No.37476. Bionic shutter 10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Two brilliant reflecting finders, helical focusing, hinged lens cover. No. 5617. Ansco Co.

Ansco Vest Pocket Camera No.2 Camera

1915-1925

Self erecting folding camera for 35mm film in Karat type cassettes 24 x 36mm. Fitted with an Agfa Memar lens f/5.6-16. With front cell focusing, rimset everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Direct vision optical finder. Film transport by spring loaded sliding lever on backplane. Cassette to cassette operation. Agfa-Ansco

Agfa Memo camera

1939