Parvo Cinématographe Model H
Camera
Parvo Cinématographe Model H
ca. 1908
Wood, metal and glass
Overall: 9 × 10 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (22.9 × 26.7 × 29.8 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1977.0415.0053
DescriptionWooden, metal, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, through-camera focus, 50mm f/3.5 lens, side-by-side magazines, varaible speed guage, air-bubble level and gauge. The camera accepts 300 feet of film.
Inscriptions Printed in black on product plate on right side of camera: Le Parvo MARQUE DEPOSEE J. DEBRIE CONSTRUCTEUR 111, Rue St Maur PARIS / Engraved in white on lens: TESSAR f/3.5 F-50 Bte E KRAUSS PARIS No116395 / Printed in black on footage gauge on back of camera: 0-300 increments / Engraved in black on speed gauge on back of camera: ÉTABLISSEMENTS ANDRÉ DEBRIE PARIS 0, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 / Engraved in black on viewfinder on front of camera: Objf=50 f/3.5 / Engraved in black on aperture bar on front of camera: 3.5, 4, OBJ:50, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 23, 32 / Engraved in silver on plate behind front door of camera: J. DEBRIE PARIS 111, RUE St MAUR / Engraved in silver on aperture mount behind front door of camera: H 1067
