Photographic secret camera

Photographic secret camera

Camera

C. P. Stirn

Maker
American, ca. 1890s

Photographic secret camera

1895
Metal
Overall: 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (15 × 15 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.2979
DescriptionConcealed vest camera takes 5 photos on 4x4cm plates.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, back, TC: PHOTOGRAPHIC SECRET CAMERA \ PATENTED BY \ C.P. STIRN - NEW YORK \ PATENT No. 9655

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