Muybridge Racetrack camera
Camera
Muybridge Racetrack camera
ca. 1878
Wood and metal
Overall: 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 22 1/8 in., 0.7 lb. (1.9 × 14.6 × 56.2 cm, 0.3 kg)
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, quarter plate sequence camera, camera bed only. This camera would have accepted individual scoville wet plates to capture each image.
Inscriptions Inscribed in white on base of camera: 78:1371:49 / Printed and inscribed in black on white label on bottom of camera base: GEORGE E. NITZSCHE, 14, Muybridge Collection / Printed in black on white label tied to base of camera: EASTMAN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, 78
