Optimus Detective camera
Camera
Optimus Detective camera
1888-1900
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 8 3/8 × 5 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (21.3 × 14.7 × 21 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0028.3508
DescriptionSerial # 2965, quarter plate camera with gloss black finish. Inside rear of camera contains 13 metal plate sheaths.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood, on bottom, BC: OPTIMUS PATENT
Stamped in wood, on bottom, LC: 2965
Stamped in wood, on top door, verso, TR: 4
Stamped in wood, inside camera, top edge of partition: OPTIMUS PATENT
Stamped in wood, viewfinder board, verso, C: 4
Printed in black ink, inside camera, on white plate above lens, C: MADE BY \ PERKEN, SON & RAYMENT \ HATTON GARDEN \ LONDON.
Stamped in wood, on bottom, LC: 2965
Stamped in wood, on top door, verso, TR: 4
Stamped in wood, inside camera, top edge of partition: OPTIMUS PATENT
Stamped in wood, viewfinder board, verso, C: 4
Printed in black ink, inside camera, on white plate above lens, C: MADE BY \ PERKEN, SON & RAYMENT \ HATTON GARDEN \ LONDON.
