Pathé Baby
Camera

Pathé Cinema

Maker
French

Pathé Baby

Pathex


ca. 1925
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 5 1/2 × 2 × 4 in. (14 × 5.1 × 10.2 cm)
1978.0191.0010
DescriptionBlack leather-covered metal, rectangular, 9.5mm magazine, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder and fixed f/3.5 lens. The camera accepts 10 meter spools in the magazine.
Inscriptions Embossed on leather on door on left side of camera: PATHEX TRADE MARK MADE IN FRANCE / Engraved in white on lens: TRIANAR KRAUSS 2cm No.213414 / Engraved in white on apeture switch: 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 / Embossed in leather around the hand crank on the right side of the camera: 2 TURNS PER SECOND / Engraved in silver on footage d-Bial on right side of camera: COUNTER 1200 PICTURES / Engraved in black on footage dial: 0-9 increments / Embossed in white on black tape on bottom of camera: 8386-B / Engraved on plate under door of camera: CONTINSOUZA PARIS BREVETÉ ET A L'ÉTRANGER CONSTRUCTEURS-ÉTABLISSEMENTS / Stamped in plate under door of camera: 023472

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