Parvo Cinématographe Model H
Camera
Etablissements Andre Debrie
French, estab. ca. 1905
Parvo Cinématographe Model H
ca. 1908
Wood, metal and glass
Overall: 9 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 13 in., 16.3 lb. (24.1 × 26 × 33 cm, 7.4 kg)
Gift of Charles Rosher
1982.1591.0004
DescriptionWooden, brass, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, through-camera focus, 2 inch f/3.5 lens, filter mount, side-by-side magazines, reverse crank shaft, varaible speed guage, air-bubble level and footage gauge. The camera accepts 300 feet of film.
Inscriptions Signed in pencil on top of camera: Mary Pickford / Engraved in brass plate on top of camera: PROPERTY OF CHARLES ROSHER MARY PICKFORD CO. HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA / Engraved in black and red on product plate on right side of camera: Le PARVO MARQUE DÉPOSÉE J. DEBRIE CONSTRUCTEUR 111, RUE ST. MAUR PARIS / Engraved in white on lens: GEORZ HYPAR f/3.5 FOCUS 2 IN NO.314390
