The Century Grand
Camera
The Century Grand
ca. 1903
Leather, mahogany, brass, glass, ivory and nickled brass
Overall (open): 11 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 15 in., 9.7 lb. (29.2 × 26 × 38.1 cm, 4.4 kg)
Overall (closed): 11 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 5 in., 9.7 lb. (29.2 × 26 × 12.7 cm, 4.4 kg)
Gift of John Lindsay and Anne Lindsay Oviatt
1974.0037.2000
DescriptionRed leather-covered Spanish mahogany, 6½ x 8½ open plate hand camera with Bausch & Lomb Plastigmat lens, Bausch & Lomb iris diaphragm shutter, red leather bellows, swing back, swing front, rising and falling front, reversible back and finder.
Inscriptions Printed in black on ivory below lens: CENTURY / Printed in black on lens: 6½ x 8½ PLASTIGMAT Pat. Oct. 30, 1900 Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y. / Engraved in brass on shutter: 1, 2, 3, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, N.Y., CHICAGO / Stamped in black on shutter below lens: 23911 Engraved in white on aperture dial: 3, 4, 8, 16, 32 / Printed in black on top of finder: BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, N.Y., CHICAGO PAT. DEC. 1, 1896 1732 / Engraved in black on focusing scale: 7, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100
