Brown leather camera case for Houghton-Butcher Ensign Autospeed folding rollfilm camera.
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1932
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
217 x 120 x 60 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524410.2
Summary
A brown leather camera case with black interior and shoulder strap. Metal clasp. Case is for Houghton-Butcher Ensign autospeed folding rollfilm camera. Label affixed inside with handwritten text: "A Marshall, 3 Moscow Place, Oswaldtwistle"
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
Makers and roles
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd., manufacturer