Model 88
Camera
Revere Camera Company
American, 1920–1960
Model 88
ca. 1945
Metal, glass, and fabric
Overall (camera): 5 × 2 1/4 × 4 in. (12.7 × 5.7 × 10.2 cm)
Overall (box): 3 × 4 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (7.6 × 12.1 × 14.6 cm)
Overall (filter case): 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (1.9 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (filter): 1/2 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (1.3 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.0706.0006
DescriptionBrown, vaulted, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level view finder, f/2.5 lens, yellow filter, variable speed and brown cord strap in original box. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on left side of camera: The Revere 8mm MODEL 88 DOUBLE 8 MADE IN U.S.A. BY THE REVERE CAMERA COMPANY CHICAGO PAT. NOS. 2151536 2214184 2214185 D-114603 CANADIAN 389180 LICENSED UNDER EASTMAN PAT. NO. 1941522 OTHER REVERE PATENTS PENDING / Printed on the exposure guide on the left side of the camera: EXPOSURE GUIDE SUBJECT DISTANT SCENES, BEACH, SNOW, SKY OPEN LANDSCAPE, LIGHT OBJECTS CLOSEUPS, SCENES IN SHADE INTERIOR SCENES NEAR WINDOWS SEASON SUMMER WINTER BRIGHT HAZY CLOUDY DULL USE NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTER IN BRILLIANT LIGHT ABOVE LENS STOPS ARE BASED ON TIME THREE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE UNTIL THREE HOURS BEFORE SUNSET FOR COLOR AND DIFFICULT LIGHT CONDITIONS - USE METER / Engraved in silver on apeture guide on front of camera: VERY DULL-f/2.5 DULL-3.5 CLOUDY-4 HAZY-5.6 SUNLIGHT-8 BRIGHT-11 BRILLIANT-16 / Engraved in white on lens: WOLLENSAK-REVERE 12 1/2mm f/2.5 VELOSTIGMAT / Engraved in silver on footage dial on right side of camera: FEET 0-25 increments / Engraved in silver on speed dial on right side of camera: SPEED 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 / Engraved on plate on back of camera: 3-M-CO. 226507 / Printed in black on spool inside of camera: FILM WHEN ON THIS SPOOL IS ONLY HALF EXPOSED / Engraved in black on spool inside of camera: CINE-KODAK 8 SPOOL PAT. IN U.S.A. 1941522 / Stamped inside of camera: 210279 / Embossed in yellow on filter case cap: KODAK / Engraved in yellow under filter case cap: FOCUS AT FT. 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, FIXED FT.IN. 1-11, 2-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-10, 3-0, 3-5, 3-9, 4-0, 4-2, 3-5 TO WORK AT / Engraved in yellow inside filter case: FOCUS AT FT. 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, FIXED FT.IN. 1-11, 2-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-10, 3-0, 3-5, 3-9, 4-0, 4-2, 3-5 TO WORK AT / Engraved in yellow on filter: CINE-KODAK COLOR FILTER / Printed in silver on side of original box: Revere DOUBLE 8 MM Model 88 Camera Made in U.S.A By Revere Camera Company 320-338 EAST 21st STREET CHICAGO, ILL.
