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)
1978.1371.0049
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
