Two identical brass side poles for a Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Measurements
593 mm (Height); 6 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525173.4
Summary
Two identical brass side poles for a Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent. These are each a single piece of brass pipe with a screw thread at one end and left open at the other. The screw thread is designed to pass through the holes in the brass fixings on the central slat and screw into the central fixing in the side slat, when the tent is attached it's metal rail slots into the top of the pipe. .
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