Parvo Cinématographe
Camera
Etablissements Andre Debrie
French, estab. ca. 1905
Parvo Cinématographe
1908
Wood, metal and glass
Overall: 8 1/2 × 6 × 11 1/4 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 28.6 cm)
1978.1651.0012
DescriptionWooden, brass, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, through-camera focus, side-by-side magazines, varaible speed guage, air-bubble level and footage gauge. The camera accepts 300 feet of film.
Inscriptions Engraved in brass on product plate on right side of camera: Le PARVO J. DEBRIE, PARIS / Printed in red on footage dial on back of camera: 0-300 increments / Typed in black on white label on back of camera: #7-40, #6-48, #5-58, #4-87, #3-115, #2-192, #1-576 / Printed in black and red on variable speed gauge: Le PARVO 1, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 / Stamped in brass on gate housing: J. DEBRIE PARIS 111 RUE ST MÁUR, SIE 59 No.596
