Parvo Cinématographe Model L
Camera
Parvo Cinématographe Model L
ca. 1908
Wood, metal and glass
Overall: 9 × 10 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (22.9 × 26.7 × 29.8 cm)
Museum accession
1978.1651.0004
DescriptionWooden, brass, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, through-camera focus, 4cm f/2.7 lens, side-by-side magazines, varaible speed guage, air-bubble level and footage gauge. The camera accepts 300 feet of film.
Inscriptions Printed in black on product plate on right side of camera: Le PARVO MARQUE DEPOSE J. DEBRIE CONSTRUCTEUR 111 Rue St Maur PARIS / Engraved in white on lens: Carl Zeiss Jena No.705076 Tessar f/2.7 4cm / Printed in red on footage gauge on back of camera: 0-300 increments / Engraved in black and red on variable speed gauge on back of camera: ETABLISSEMENTS ANDRÉ DEBRIE LE PARVO, 0, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 / Engraved in silver on gate housing inside camera: J. DEBRIE PARIS 111 RUE ST MAUR MARQUÉ DÉPOSÉE APPAREIL BTÉ S.G.D.G. ETRANGER LE "PARVO" SIE L NO.1622
