Rotating lens plate camera

Rotating lens plate camera

Camera

Unidentified

Maker

Rotating lens plate camera

ca. 1890
Metal and wood
Overall: 4 15/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (12.5 × 11.4 × 3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionMakes 4 circular images, without lens.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, frame, B: Breveté S.G.D.G.
Stamped in metal, front plate, TL: 1
Stamped in metal, front plate, TR: 2
Stamped in metal, front plate, BR: 3
Stamped in metal, front plate, BL: 4
Stamped in metal, front center knob, BL: 0

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