Gem Apparatus
Camera
Gem Apparatus
ca. 1862
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall (camera): 9 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (23.5 × 26 × 24 cm)
Overall (ground glass): 6 1/16 × 4 1/16 × 11/16 in. (15.4 × 10.3 × 1.8 cm)
Overall (tripod plate): 3/8 × 10 5/8 × 11 7/16 in. (1 × 27 × 29 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1983.1421.0081
DescriptionTintype camera with twelve lenses, ground glass and film holder. Also includes tripod plate.
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to film holder on camera rear, BL: CO[LLECTION] \ G.CRO[MER] \ 5[6] [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, on left and right dark slides, camera rear, TC: 9 \ 9
Stamped in wood, film holder inside back door, TC: 9
Stamped in wood, on film holder frame and on holder rail, camera rear, TC: 2
Stamped in wood, on ground glass frame, TC: 2
Stamped in wood, on left and right dark slides, camera rear, TC: 9 \ 9
Stamped in wood, film holder inside back door, TC: 9
Stamped in wood, on film holder frame and on holder rail, camera rear, TC: 2
Stamped in wood, on ground glass frame, TC: 2
