Photo-Éclair Fetter

Photo-Éclair Fetter

Camera

J. F. Fetter

Maker
French, ca. 1886

Photo-Éclair Fetter

1885
Metal and glass
Overall: 6 9/16 × 6 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (16.7 × 15.5 × 8 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1585
DescriptionSerial #50 concealed vest camera takes 5 photos on 4x4cm plates, with lens.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, on camera body, front and back, TC: [oval line border] LE PHOTO-ECLAIR-FETTER \ Bté S.G.D.G. \ J.FETTER \ PARIS \ PARIS
Engraved in metal, camera body, back, in circle: [numerals 1 to 5]
Engraved in metal, camera front center knob: 50

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