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- OBJECT TYPE
- EARLY/TAILBOARD
- DATE
- 1885–1887
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0503.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watsons, W. & Sons
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAHOGANY WITH METAL (BRASS) TRIM ON CAMERA AND CAST IRON FITTINGS ON TABLE/ TABLE TRIPOD ALSO IN MAHOGANY/ MAHOGANY SHUTTER WITH VELVET FLAP MOUNTS TO REAR OF LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 80.0 cm
- Width
- 57.0 cm
- Height
- 130.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Watsons
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CA. 1898
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To record still images on photographic glass plates. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE: 'W. WATSON & SONS/ MANUFACTURERS/ 913, HIGH HOLBORN/ LONDON.', ON LENS 'TAYLOR TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD./LEICESTER LONDON & NEW YORK/ No.71029'/.2 ON WOOD FRAME 'MANUFACTURED BY/ CONLEY CAMERA CO./ ROCHESTER, MINN.', STICKER 'PROPERTY OF/ LAURIER U/ 12591', STAMPED IN 'PATENTS/ AUG.13 191' [REMAINDER OBSCURED BY TAPE]/ ON LENS 'J.H. Dallmeyer, No. 72252 LONDON/ 4.D./ PATENT'
- Missing
- NO SHUTTER
- Finish
- MUCH OF THE BRASS WORK IS TARNISHED/ MAHOGANY HAS BEEN VARNISHED BUT LITTLE OTHER FINISH DETAILS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watsons, W. & Sons, Camera, between 1885–1887, Artifact no. 1979.0503, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0503.001/
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