Express Detective Nadar

Express Detective Nadar

Camera

Nadar Studio

Maker
French, estab. 1854

Express Detective Nadar

1887
Wood, leather, metal, fabric, and glass
Overall: 7 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (18 × 12 × 18 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1646
DescriptionSerial #218 camera with ground glass in holder, shutter and lens.
Inscriptions Engraved and inked in black, plate affixed under lens, BC: OFFICE GENERAL \ DE \ PHOTOGRAPHIE \ Nadar [signature in red ink] \ PARIS
Stamped in wood, inside door of lens compartment, BC: 218
Stamped in wood, inside holder, top door, TR: 218

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