Rover Detective camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1893 in Birmingham
maker:
J Lancaster and Son

Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1192
Materials:
glass and wood
type:
detective camera and magazine camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Rover Detective Camera

Rover Detective Camera

Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.

Measurements:
overall: 190 mm x 116 mm x 230 mm,
Materials:
leather , metal (unknown) , wood (unidentified) , glass and bone
Object Number:
1990-5036/1192/1
type:
detective camera , box camera and magazine camera