Photo sac à main
Camera
Charles Alibert
French, ca. 1890s
Photo sac à main
1895
Leather, metal, wood, and glass
Overall (closed): 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 × 6 11/16 in. (25 × 20 × 17 cm)
Overall (open): 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 × 9 5/8 in. (25 × 20 × 24.5 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 1 5/16 × 5 3/8 in. (3.4 × 13.6 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0084.0067
DescriptionFolding dry plate camera disguised as a handbag, with three 9 x 12cm holders stored inside.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, plate affixed to lens board, TC: CH. ALIBERT \ 12, Bould. St. Martin \ PARIS
Stamped in leather, top of handbag, TC: BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component) recto, C: Photo-sac à main de Kauffer \ voir annuaire de Photographie (Plon) \ 1896 page 79 [no inscriptions on verso]
Stamped in leather, top of handbag, TC: BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component) recto, C: Photo-sac à main de Kauffer \ voir annuaire de Photographie (Plon) \ 1896 page 79 [no inscriptions on verso]
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