Fin de Siècle

Fin de Siècle

Camera

Hermann-Josef Mackenstein

Distribution company
French, ca. 1880s–1890s

A. Aivas

Maker
French

Fin de Siècle

Mackenstein camera


ca. 1890
Wood, metal, and leather
Overall (open): 7 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18 × 24.5 × 24 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.2307
DescriptionSerial #13 quarter plate camera with magazine, without lens. Camera has Mackenstein name plate, but they most likely distributed the camera.
Inscriptions Engraved and inked in black, plate affixed to camera right side, C: H. Mackenstein \ PARIS \ Fabt. d'Appareils Photographiques \ BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
Stamped in wood, camera interior, TL: 13
Stamped in wood, magazine door interior and interior of trap door, TC: 13 [x2]
Stamped in wood, magazine interior, either side of film compartments, C: 13

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