Aeroscope
Camera
Kasimir Proszynski
Polish, ca. 1910s
Aeroscope
1921
Wood, metal, leather, cloth and glass
Overall: 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 13 in. (31.1 × 22.2 × 33 cm)
Museum accession
1978.1651.0010
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, 35mm, compressed-air driven, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, f/3.5 50mm lens, footage gauge, off-the-gate focus, air nozzle, two film magazines, brown leather handle, two magazine bags, air pump and hose attachment in broan leather case. The magazines accept 400 feet of film.
Inscriptions Printed and stamped in brass on plate on left side of camera: Proszynski PAT. 6203/10 No.E111 / Engraved in brass on lens: TESSAR f/3.5 50mm 2 IN, No.17904 ROSS, LONDON ZEISS PATENT / Engraved in white on lens: f/3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Engraved in white on footage gauge on right side of lens: 0-400 increments
