May Fair box camera for rollfilm No. 120

Made:
1930 in London
maker:
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

May Fair box camera for No. 120, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 film. Metal body with black leatherette covering. Fitted with a fixed meniscus lens and shutter with 2 settings, instanteous and time. Choice of two apertures, large and small. Fitted with two waist-level frame finder. Compartment at side contains a portrait attachment. Houghton Butcher, c.1920.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/506
Materials:
metal (unknown), leatherette and glass
Measurements:
overall: 110 mm x 90 mm x 138 mm,
type:
box camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection