Brown leather camera case for Goerz Ango (formerly Anschütz) strut folding bedless stereo camera
C. P. Goerz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1896 - 1922
Materials
Leather, Textile, Metal
Measurements
245 x 288 x 145 mm
Place of origin
Berlin
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524738.2
Summary
Brown leather camera case for Goerz Ango (formerly Anschütz) strut folding bedless stereo camera. Lined in green velvet, with 4 elastic tape loops on inside of lid, for holding small accessories. Main compartment is divided by 3 green velvet-covered partitions for plate holders to be stored next to the larger section for the camera. An additional partition is loose in the box. Buckles on sides for strap (missing). Metal clasp fastening with lock (key missing). Markings: Black leather label on inside of lid is printed in gold: "The London Stereoscopic Co. Limited. Hanover Square, Regent Street, W."
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
C. P. Goerz , manufacturer The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Ltd. (fl.1855-1922), retailer