Imperial Rollfilm strut folding camera
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Wood, Leather, Brass
Measurements
88 x 185 x 42 mm
Place of origin
Cheshire
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524405
Summary
Imperial Rollfilm strut folding camera, with company insignia to right of lens. Labelled affixed to inside cover reads "this camera takes APEM Roll Film No. 225 RAJAR Roll Film No. 25 Pictures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Leather strap has been embossed with the initials J. P. L. Glass lens is missing.
Full description
Imperial Rollfilm strutt folding camera, with company insignia to right of lens. Labelled affixed to inside cover reads "this camera takes APEM Roll Film No. 225 RAJAR Roll Film No. 25 Pictures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Leather strap has been embossed with the initials J. P. L. Glass lens is missing.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Marks and inscriptions
On leather hand strap: Embossed with the initials J. P. L.
Makers and roles
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer