Ben Akiba
Camera

A. Lehmann

Maker
German, active ca. 1903

Ben Akiba

Cane-handle camera


1903
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 35 1/2 × 1 × 4 1/2 in. (90.2 × 2.5 × 11.5 cm)
Image: 1/2 × 1 in. (1.3 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0084.0086
DescriptionCane-handle camera with four film rolls stored in handle.
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to wood near cane-handle, T: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 81 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in metal, inside handle film cover, BC: 397
Printed in black ink, on labels applied to three of the film rolls, C: Emulsion No 3014
Printed in black ink, on label applied to one of the film rolls, C: Emulsion No 3016

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