Pathex Automatic
Camera
Pathex Automatic
Pathé Baby
ca. 1928
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 5 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 in. (14.6 × 8.9 × 10.2 cm)
1978.0191.0005
DescriptionBlack leather-covered, rectangular, 9.5mm magazine, hand-crank motion picture camera with spring motor, eye-level viewfinder, fixed f/3.5 lens and black leather handle. The camera accepts 10 meter spools in the magazine.
Inscriptions Embossed in black leather on the door on the left side of the camera: PATHEX MADE IN FRANCE / Engraved in white on lens: TRIANAR KRAUSS F 2cm No 237420 / Engraved in white on apeture switch around lens: 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 / Embossed in black leather around hand crank on right side of camera: TWO TURN TO THE SECOND / Engraved in silver on the footage dial on the right side of the camera: Counter 1200 Pictures / Engraved on plate under door inside camera: CONTINSOUZA PARIS BREVETE EN FRANCE ET A L'ETRANGER CONSTRUCTUERS ETABLESSEMENTS / Stamped in plate under door inside camera: 014333
