Photo Express Camera
Camera
Merville & Lansiaux
Maker
Photo Express Camera
ca. 1885
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 9 7/16 × 3 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (24 × 9 × 25 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1862
DescriptionWooden body dry plate magazine camera, w/ magazine mounted under camera body.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, plate affixed to front, TC: "PHOTO-EXPRESS" \ C.MERVILLE & C.LANSIAUX \ (Modèle Déposé)
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to front, BC: ÉBÉNISTERIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ C. MERVILLE \ 18, Rue Poissonnière, 18 \ PARIS
Stamped in wood, inside magazine, TC: 7
Stamped in wood, inside camera bottom door, C: 207
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to front, BC: ÉBÉNISTERIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ C. MERVILLE \ 18, Rue Poissonnière, 18 \ PARIS
Stamped in wood, inside magazine, TC: 7
Stamped in wood, inside camera bottom door, C: 207
