Go-Whit miniature folding plate camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass
Measurements
Closed size 90 x 98 x 43 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524671
Summary
"Go-Whit" miniature folding plate camera. Unknown manufacturer. Wooden body covered in black leather. Red leather bellows. Lens glass is loose (see small plastic bag inside camera). Glass plate inside. Baseboard opens out by hinge at bottom and is fastened by metal clasp with ornate design. Cream plastic label affixed on top of camera: 'The "Go Whit" British Made Throughout'.
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