Kinétographe
Camera
Rider Debedts
French, ca. 1900
Kinétographe
1896
Wood and metal
Overall: 9 1/4 × 7 11/16 × 8 9/16 in., 9.4 lb. (23.5 × 19.5 × 21.7 cm, 4.3 kg)
Paper (Cromer's note): 4 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (11.2 × 16.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionWooden, reactangular, 35mm, hand-crank, motion picture camera with lens mount, crank shaft and brass carrying handle. The camera accepts dual 25-foot film spools. The camera is equipped with a geneva cam intermittent movement.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood on top of camera: 71 / Inscribed in black ink (Cromer’s hand) on graph paper (see component) recto, C: Ciné construit par, Grimoin-Sanson pour, Mr. Debedts (Debedts), en Juin ou Juillet 1896., Il y avait un brevet, (Le tout d’après Mr. Grimoin-Sanson)
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