Passe-Partout

Passe-Partout

Camera

E. Hanau

Maker
French, ca. 1885–

Passe-Partout

ca. 1890
Wood, metal, glass, and leather
Overall (camera only): 3 5/8 × 3 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (9.2 × 10 × 11.4 cm)
Overall (each holder): 3 9/16 × 6 11/16 × 9/16 in. (9 × 17 × 1.5 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 1 7/16 × 2 15/16 in. (3.7 × 7.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.2090
DescriptionConical brass single-lens stereo camera with two wooden plate holders.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood, on each door of film holders, TC: 1 \ 2 \ 3 \ 4
Stamped in wood, on lens board, BR and TL: DÉPOSÉ
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper, recto, C: Le Passe-partout \ 2 chas.[chassis] 1 viseur

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