May Fair folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher 1524538.1

May Fair folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Fox Talbot Museum, Fenton Collection © National Trust / Clive James and Rod Stowell

Date

1930 - 1932

Materials

Metal, Leatherette or leather, Glass

Measurements

160 x 85 x 130 mm open

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Collection

Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire

NT 1524538.1

Summary

May Fair folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher. Novo Ray lens, 3 speed shutter. Brilliant finder. Metal body with leather trim. With film.

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 Manufacturing Co. Ltd., manufacturer

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Record Status

Enhanced

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