Black leather case for Ensign Midget 33 miniature folding rollfilm camera.
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1934 - 1941
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
50 x 90 x 20 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524633.2
Summary
Black leather case for Ensign Midget 55 miniature folding rollfilm camera. Case is open at the sides and fastens with a press stud on a leather tab. There are metal sections either side of the "hinge" end, to prevent the camera sliding out.
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