Bertsch Solar Enlarger
Darkroom
Adolphe Bertsch
French, 1860s
Bertsch Solar Enlarger
1860
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 8 11/16 × 28 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (22 × 73 × 23.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1375.0012
DescriptionSerial #361 solar microscope and enlarger in wooden box, with key.
Inscriptions Stamped in metal, on lens board, TR: BERTSCH \ BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. \ PARIS \ 361
Printed in black ink, label applied inside box lid, TL: OPTIC[illegible] \ LEBRETON \ OPTIC. BREVé. \ [illegible adress] PARIS
Stamped in black, over label and below it, inside box lid, TL: LEBRETON \ OPTICIEN \ 25, R. de Douai, PARIS
Inscribed in pencil, on label applied to box top, RC: Solar Microscope \ & Enlarger.
Printed in black ink, label applied inside box lid, TL: OPTIC[illegible] \ LEBRETON \ OPTIC. BREVé. \ [illegible adress] PARIS
Stamped in black, over label and below it, inside box lid, TL: LEBRETON \ OPTICIEN \ 25, R. de Douai, PARIS
Inscribed in pencil, on label applied to box top, RC: Solar Microscope \ & Enlarger.
