Orthoscope
Camera

Orthoscope

1888
Wood, metal, fabric, and glass
Overall: 6 1/8 × 5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (15.5 × 15 × 21 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 4 × 3 11/16 in. (10.1 × 9.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionSerial #154 single lens reflex dry plate camera.
Inscriptions Engraved and inked in black, on metal plate affixed on ground glass frame, inside camera top, BC: ORTHOSCOPE Breveté \ MARQUE DÉPOSÉE \ TOURTIN - PARIS
Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, inside lens compartment, LC: ORTHOSCOPE \ Bté S.G.D.G. \ TOURTIN - PARIS \ 154
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on piece of paper (see component), recto, C: Un des premiers \ appareils "reflex" \ l'Appareil Tourtin \ Voir Fabre Tome 1 \ page 246 \ et Bulletin de la \ Sté. Fe. de Photographie \ 1882 page 143 \ (les châssis manquent) [no inscriptions on verso]

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