Wooden camera box.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Measurements
5.7 x 18 x 14.4 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524680.6
Summary
Wooden camera box for E. Krauss' Le photo-revolver camera. It is made of wood, and also contains photographic accessories. Metal (brass?) clasps at front keep top of box fastened. Top opens on brass hinges. 4 compartments compose the box; two of which are lined: one in red leather for the camera, and the other in green. The end compartment is covered by a hinged wooden door, and has wooden blocks at each end.
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.