Dry-plate box camera

Dry-plate box camera

Camera

of camera: Hermann-Josef Mackenstein

Maker
French, ca. 1880s–1890s

of lens: Alphonse Darlot

Maker
French, active ca. 1860s–1910

Dry-plate box camera

Wood, glass, and metal
Overall: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (15 × 11.5 × 15 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1499
DescriptionSerial #13763 1/4 plate (9x12) camera with lens #9532 and ground glass, internal shutter.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood, inner edge of camera back, RC: 13763
Stamped in wood, top of camera, TC: H.MACKENSTEIN \ PARIS
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, T: MacKenstein Paris
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, B: AD [monogram] 9532
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, inner ring, T: DÉPOSÉ
Stamped in wood, lens board, TC: DÉPOSÉ
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to lens board, TC: REPOS ARMÉ
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to lens board, BL: PETITE VITESSE GRANDE
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to lens board, BR: POSE INST
Engraved in metal, case of level, top and right of camera, C: DÉPOSÉ

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