Camera [Folding Camera]
Maker and role
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company Ltd, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1889
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Object detail
Accession number
1965.148
Production period
Description
Camera - "Thornton-Pickard", half plate folding stereo double extension.
Lenses: F 11, Rapid Rectilinear.
Shutter: Thornton Pickard roller blind (double width).
Note: By removing centre bellows partition and using a single lens board, the camera may be used as a normal half plate camera. Rising front and vertical swing-back (reversible). Rack and pinion focus.
On underneath of camera are what appear to be tripod attachments (camera does not sit flat).
Lenses: F 11, Rapid Rectilinear.
Shutter: Thornton Pickard roller blind (double width).
Note: By removing centre bellows partition and using a single lens board, the camera may be used as a normal half plate camera. Rising front and vertical swing-back (reversible). Rack and pinion focus.
On underneath of camera are what appear to be tripod attachments (camera does not sit flat).
Marks
TIME & INST. / PATENT / THORNTON / PICKARD Maker's Plate
K / 58838 Engraved
K / 58838 Engraved
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company Ltd. Circa 1889. Camera [Folding Camera], 1965.148. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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