Bell & Howell Black Box
Camera
Bell & Howell Black Box
ca. 1909
Wood, leather, metal and glass
Overall: 15 × 9 × 18 1/2 in., 25.6 lb. (38.1 × 22.9 × 47 cm, 11.6 kg)
Gift of Gen. and Mrs. Douglas Weart
1978.1651.0017
DescriptionBlack leather-covered and chrome, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with optical viewfinder, reflex viewfinder, single frame exposure and interchangeable lens mount.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver product plate above the viewfinder lens: MADE BY BELL & HOWELL CO. CHICAGO / Stamped in silver below the viewfinder lens: No.8 / Embossed on brass plate below lens mount: PATENTED AUGUST 26, 1902 / Engraved in brass on footage gauge on right side of the camera: 0-400 increments
