Bosco '99 box camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1899 in Dresden
maker:
Wunsche

Bosco '99 box camera, no. 1273. No makers name. GbrMS patent 21577, registered 18 January 1884 to Ernst Kessler, Dresden. Box camera for roll film 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. RR type lens f/12,17,34 apertures in rotating quadrant plate. Rotating sector shutter, no 2677, adjustable speed, no calibration. 2 brilliant reflecting finders. Number 1273 (M2649). Clip at rear stamped GMS. Overall: 170 mm x 115 mm x 186 mm.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/481
Materials:
wood (unidentified), leatherette, white metal, glass and leather
Measurements:
overall: 170 mm x 115 mm x 186 mm,
type:
box camera and roll film camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford