A Challenge Dayspool Tropical folding rollfilm camera
J. Lizars
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1905
Materials
Brass, Wood, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Open 110 x 215 x 148 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524478.1
Summary
A Challenge Dayspool Tropical folding rollfilm camera Film size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Lens is R & J Beck no. 15233 4.75" SOS TJCMAR1:7:7. Aperture wheel above and slightly to right of lens, manufacturer 'CELVEREY' with 6 settings Polished Spanish mahogany case, red leather bellows, brown leather handle and brass metal fittings. Distance scale is ivory or bone with graduations from 5 feet to Infinity. Brilliant finder is attached to hinged cover plate. Rack and pinion focusing and struts in brass. Markings: Bone/ivory circular makers label on top right of camera In black'J. LIZARS In red 'Challenge' In black ' Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Belfast, Aberdeen and Liverpool On baseboard a circular label in bone or ivory 'CITY SALE & EXCHANGE, 81 ALDERSGATE ST. E.C.' On strap, white oblong label with handwritten in black ink '1907 c/154'
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
J. Lizars, manufacturer