Cinématolabe
Camera
Cinématolabe
ca. 1905
French walnut and metal
Overall (camera): 18 7/8 × 6 5/8 × 8 5/8 in., 15.6 lb. (47.9 × 16.8 × 21.9 cm, 7.1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1651.0003
DescriptionFrench polished, rectangular, 35mm, hand cranked, co-axial, motion picture camera with footage gauge, aperture scale, rewind crank and 3 film magazines. The camera accepts dual 100 foot spools. The camera is missing its crank handle.
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on white labels on magazines on top of camera: Magazine le Cinématolabe Lumière - Carpentier, Magazine le Cinématolabe Lumière - Carpentier / Engraved in white inside camera: 1702 K-10 / Inscribed in white inside camera door: 78:1651:3 / Engraved in black on brass on front of camera: 23, 16, 11.5, 8, 5.6, 4, 3.5, F / Printed in black, red, and inscribed in blue on tag on magazine on top of camera: DATE INVENTORY, DENNISON MFG. CO U.S.A., G, m, TAG NO. 131, ARTICLE OR KIND OF MATERIAL: Lumiere - Carpentier Cinematolabe [with magazine attached], AMOUNT 778.531 AC 348, UNIT, COUNTED BY G.P., 32 / Engraved in black on footage gauge on left side of camera: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 / Inscribed in white on left side of camera: 78:1651:3
