Photo-Binocular

Photo-Binocular

Camera

Geymet & Alker

French, ca. 1860s–1870s

Photo-Binocular

Jumelle de Nicour


ca. 1867
Metal, thermoplastic, leather, and glass
Overall: 8 1/16 × 5 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (20.5 × 13.5 × 13 cm)
Image: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0084.0015
DescriptionDetective camera with 50-exposure dry plate magazine.
Inscriptions Molded in thermoplastic, on magazine left side, TC: GEYMET ET ALKER \ CONSTRUCTEURS \ 8. RUE Nve. St. AUGUSTIN, PARIS
Molded in thermoplastic, on magazine left side, BC: SYSTÈME OCTAVE NICOUR \ Bté S.G.D.G.
Molded in thermoplastic, on magazine side, outer edge: [numerals from 1 to 50, frame counter]

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