Ensign 2 1/4 B Box Camera, c 1910

Made:
1904-1915 in London
maker:
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited
and
Houghtons Limited

Box Ensign 2 1/4 B box camera for rollfilm 120 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted with a fixed focus meniscus lens. Strip of metal with three cut out circles acts as stops. Shutter has two settings: instantaneous and time. With two waistlevel viewfinders and a wire frame finder. Houghton-Butcher, c.1910.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/475
Materials:
leather, wood (unidentified) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 122 mm x 90 mm x 152 mm,
type:
box camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection