Dubroni Apparatus No. 2 camera (Wooden Box Model)

Dubroni Apparatus No. 2 camera (Wooden Box Model)

Camera

Maison Dubroni

Maker
1838–1893

Dubroni Apparatus No. 2 camera (Wooden Box Model)

1864
Wood, brass, metal, and glass
Overall: 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 12 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 1 15/16 × 4 3/8 in. (5 × 11.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionWet plate camera with integral lens, and glass inner compartment for in-camera processing.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, camera back, C: APPAREIL DUBRONI \ Brev. S.G.D.G. \ 236 RUE DE RIVOLI 236
Engraved in metal, lens barrell, BC: Dubroni \ à Paris
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto: Appareil Dubroni \ j'ai le petit sac laboratoire \ qui va avec \ voir Fabre \ et particulièrement \ "Appplication de la Photographie aux levés militaires" par [M.A.] Jouart, 1866 \ T.S.V.P.[turn over]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), verso: J'ai tous les appareils Dubroni, jusqu'au \ 13 x 18 \ pliant.\ Voir enfin \ "Appareil Dubroni, traité spécial \ de Photographie", par l'abbé Villaume, \ Paris, Dubroni, 1875

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