Beck Frena Model 0 magazine box camera, with canvas carrying bag, two unopened packs of Frena filmsheets, and a Frena Exposure Book containing instructions for using the camera, and handwritten records of photographs taken.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1897
Materials
Measurements
145 x 280 x 130 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524876
Summary
A Beck Frena Model 0 magazine box camera, with canvas carrying bag, two unopened packs of Frena filmsheets (3 1/2 x 2 5/8 inch "Memorandum" size) and a Frena Exposure Book containing instructions for using the camera, and handwritten records of photographs taken.
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