Appareil Dubroni No. 3
Camera
Appareil Dubroni No. 3
ca. 1865
Wood, metal, black cloth, glass, and rubber
Overall (outfit box): 9 13/16 × 18 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (25 × 46 × 26 cm)
Overall (camera): 5 7/8 × 6 1/8 × 6 11/16 in. (15 × 15.5 × 17 cm)
Image: 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionDarkroom outfit and camera in original wood box with key, tripod, dark cloth, funnel, flame heater, seven chemistry bottles and rubber plunger for in-camera processing.
Inscriptions Printed in white ink, on hinged wood panel inside box lid where tripod is stored, C: PHOTOGRAPHIE DE SALON \ APPAREIL DUBRONI \ BREVETÉ EN FRANCE ET À L'ETRANGER \ 256 RUE DE RIVOLI 256 \ PARIS
Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, TC: Dubroni \ à Paris
Molded in glass, vertically on side of six square chemistry bottles: DUBRONI
Stamped in ink on printed octagonal label applied to funnel, TC: Fer
Inscribed in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: Fer concentré \ à dissoudre \ le tout dans \ 7 fois autant \ d'eau
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to brown chemistry bottle, C: 2 \ Argent
Inscribed in ink, on printed square label applied to brown chemistry bottle, C: Nitrate of Silver
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 4 \ Fer
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 5 \ Collodion
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 6 \ Vernis
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 7 \ FIXAGE DES EPREUVES sur PAPIER \ HYPOSULFITE \ et Or
Inscribed in ink, on applied label to round chemistry bottle, C: Iode
Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, TC: Dubroni \ à Paris
Molded in glass, vertically on side of six square chemistry bottles: DUBRONI
Stamped in ink on printed octagonal label applied to funnel, TC: Fer
Inscribed in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: Fer concentré \ à dissoudre \ le tout dans \ 7 fois autant \ d'eau
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to brown chemistry bottle, C: 2 \ Argent
Inscribed in ink, on printed square label applied to brown chemistry bottle, C: Nitrate of Silver
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 4 \ Fer
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 5 \ Collodion
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 6 \ Vernis
Stamped in ink, on printed square label applied to clear chemistry bottle, C: 7 \ FIXAGE DES EPREUVES sur PAPIER \ HYPOSULFITE \ et Or
Inscribed in ink, on applied label to round chemistry bottle, C: Iode
