Kammatograph
Projector
Camera

L. Kamm

Maker
English, ca. 1900s–

Kammatograph

March 1900
Metal, wood and glass
Overall (camera): 15 × 15 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (38.1 × 38.7 × 9.5 cm)
Overall (disc case): 13 × 13 1/2 × 3 in. (33 × 34.3 × 7.6 cm)
Overall (disc): 12 × 12 × 1/4 in. (30.5 × 30.5 × 0.6 cm)
Museum accession
DescriptionBlack leather-covered, square, glass-disc plate, hand-crank motion picture camera and projector with eye-level viewfinder, condensor lens, projection lens, twin-blade shutter and black leather handle with matching plate carrier and twenty-two plates. There is an exposed plate in the projector. The camera captures 600 frames per plate.
Inscriptions Stamped in black wood on the shutter mount inside of camera: 13 / Stamped in silver on bracket inside of camera: 13

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