Concealed Vest Camera No. 2

Concealed Vest Camera No. 2

Camera

C. P. Stirn

American, ca. 1890s

Concealed Vest Camera No. 2

Buttonhole Camera


Waistcoat Camera


Spy Camera


1888
Brass and glass
Diameter (film plate): 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Overall: 7 11/16 × 7 1/4 × 3 in., 1.8 lb. (19.5 × 18.4 × 7.6 cm, 0.8 kg)
Museum accession
1974.0037.2288
DescriptionRound, brass vest camera with funnel shaped lens. The camera accepts 7 inch glass-plates and exposes 4 images per plate.
Inscriptions Stamped in brass around exposure dial on front of camera: 1, 2, 3, 4 / Stamped in brass on back of camera: PATENTED Juli27-1886 Patent No.346,199 No.20261

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