A Stereo Puck box camera made by Thornton Pickard
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1932
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass
Measurements
92 x 155 x 136 mm
Place of origin
Altrincham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524732
Summary
A Stereo Puck box camera made by Thornton Pickard. The body is wooden covered in black leatherette and the camera uses 120 rollfilm.The simple shutter has a single speed plus B setting. On the front of the camera is anenamelled label with the TP logo and 'British Made'. Below the lenses is embossed 'Stereo Puck'. There is a viewfinder and leather handle on the side. Inside the rear cover is stamped 'Prov.Pat. 12502/51' There is also a blue printed label saying 'F.R.Rich, 27, London Rd. BogRegis'.
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
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer