An Ansco Vest Pocket camera no 0.
Ansco.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1917 - 1922
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
65 x 125 x 97 mm
Place of origin
Binghamton
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524644.1
Summary
An Ansco Vest Pocket camera no 0. The body is metal covered in black leather and the camera opens on four chrome struts. The bellows is black leather. The camera shoots 4 x 6.5cm format on 127 film. The shutter is 3 speed plus T,B. Apertures range 8-128. There is a non-rotating viewfinder. The front plate is marked 'Actus Wollenshaw U.S.A.' Inside the rear cover is inscribed 'Asco Vest Pocket no 0 M.F.G. by Ansco Company Binghampton, N.Y.,U.S.A' Then follow a list of patents upto 1917. Finally 'For 2C Film No45096'
Provenance
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
Ansco., manufacturer