Scovill Detective camera
Camera
film holder made by Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company
American, 1884–1889
Scovill Detective camera
1886
Wood, leather, metal, and glass
Overall: 8 7/8 × 7 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (22.5 × 20 × 35 cm)
Paper (Card index with Cromer label): 3 × 5 in. (7.6 × 12.7 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1649
DescriptionCamera for 4 x 5 plates or film, with 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" Eastman Walker roll holder and plate holder, no lens.
Inscriptions Stamped in metal, on box lock mechanism, TC: PAT.OCT.71
Engraved in metal, plaque mounted on film holder, C: EASTMAN \ DRY PLATE and FILM CO \ Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A. \ PATENTED MAY 5, 1885
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied Technology index card 771.313 / AC33 (see component), recto, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 82 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Engraved in metal, plaque mounted on film holder, C: EASTMAN \ DRY PLATE and FILM CO \ Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A. \ PATENTED MAY 5, 1885
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied Technology index card 771.313 / AC33 (see component), recto, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 82 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
