An R.B. Tele Graflex reflex camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1915 - 1923
Materials
Wood, Leather, Glass
Measurements
270 x 175 x 190 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524853.3
Summary
An R.B. Tele Graflex reflex camera 1915 - 1923 revolving back Lens: Kodak anastigmat f - 4.5 6 1/2 inches 4x5 no 6036 The camera body is wood covered in black leather, with metal fittings Front: telephoto extending front with black leather bellows and automatic opening lens cover. Right side: metal counter mechanism and shutter release mechanism Left side: metal fittings Back has a Graflex Film Pack Adaptor Top has a leather carry handle and is back hinged opening a black leather hood. With metal plate embossed: ' R. B. Tele. Graflex curtain aperture (with a table of settings) FOLMER SCHWING DIVISION EASTMAN KODAC Co ROCHESTER, NY.'
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.