A brown leather camera case for a Zeiss Minimum Palmos collapsing strut camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1902 - 1910
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Metal
Measurements
250 x 310 x 110 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524803.3
Summary
A brown leather camera case for a Zeiss Minimum Palmos collapsing strut camera. The oblong case is made of thick brown leather which has been stitiched around the edges. The case opens at the top. The hinged top is fixed with a leather carry handle. The front has a metal clasp fastener with a keyhole and slide button. It is marked English Lever No. 543043 There is no key. The inside is lined with brown velvet. Each side of the case has a leather fixing with a metal D ring for attaching a shoulder strap. Markings: There is a white adhesive label, handwritten: MINIM PALMOS c.1906 c/85
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