Photo-Étui-Jumelle
Camera
Photo-Étui-Jumelle
ca. 1893
Metal, leather, velvet and glass
Overall (open): 5 1/2 × 7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in. (14 × 18 × 15 cm)
Overall (closed, with cover): 5 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (15 × 7 × 15.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0084.0060
DescriptionDry plate detective camera disguised as binoculars, with blue-velvet lined cover.
Inscriptions Stamped in leather, on handle of cover, C: [oval line border] \ PHOTO ETUI JUMELLE \ F.V. \ Bté S.G.D.G. PARIS
Stamped in metal, on folding mechanism, T and B: BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
Embossed in metal, on lens board, B: 130
Stamped in metal, on folding mechanism, T and B: BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
Embossed in metal, on lens board, B: 130
