Four photographic plate holders for Goerz Ango (formerly Anschütz) strut folding bedless stereo camera.
C. P. Goerz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1896 - 1922
Materials
Metal, Leather, Plastic
Measurements
Leather-covered plate holder size 130 x 214 x 25 mm
Place of origin
Berlin
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524738.3
Summary
Four photographic plate holders and dark slides for Goerz Ango (formerly Anschütz) strut folding bedless stereo camera (for 9 x 14 cm plates). All are black coated metal construction. One is leather-covered, stamped with the "CG" logo of Goerz. It has a hinged opening design and is stamped inside: "D.R.G.M.". The other three are metal and plastic construction and have a slide opening. They all carry a small plate screwed onto the back printed with "C.P. Goerz - Berlin". Each bears a number on the tabbed edge: 1, 2 and 4 respectively.
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