Photographic Plate holder.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908 - 1909
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Measurements
160 x 95 x 12 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524840.1
Summary
Photographic plate holder. Fitted into the back of the camera. Double draw dark slides made of wood & plastic (vulcanite), with metal tab to release.
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