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Giroux daguerreotype camera

MANUFACTURER: Giroux, Alphonse
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris -- Rue du Coq St. Honroe 7
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: August 19, 1839
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $50.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


G5281.00001
Camera Obscura (focusing lens w/ stops)

MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker (French)
NATIONALITY: French
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1840
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: obscura


99991.00003
Brady Studio sliding box camera

MANUFACTURER: Nelson Wright Manufacturer (attrib)
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1860
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate


N42405.00001
Appareil Dubroni No 1

MANUFACTURER: Maison Dubroni
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1864
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 40 francs
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate


D8193.00002
Kodak camera (barrel shutter)

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: June 1888
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $25.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


E131.00003
Cinématographe

MANUFACTURER: Lumière Fréres
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: Dec. 28, 1895
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: film, silent


L9570.00001
No 1 Brownie

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: October 1901
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $1.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


E130.00215
Eastman View No 2D

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: Dec. 1921
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $42-$50.75
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view


E130.00111
Leica Model 0 (pilot model)

MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1923
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm (other)


L533.00004
Ermanox (4.5 x 6cm)

MANUFACTURER: Heinrich Ernemann AG
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Dresden
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1924
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 4500 marks
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: dry plate


E713.00001
Pacemaker Speed Graphic (4 x 5)

MANUFACTURER: Graflex, Inc.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1947
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $225 w/ 135mm Optar
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view


G7367.00013
Land Camera Model 95

MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, MA, Cambridge
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: Feb 21, 1947
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $89.75 (2/1/49)
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: instant


P7621.00002
Rolleiflex 3.5E

MANUFACTURER: Franke & Heidecke
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Braunschweig
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1956
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 120 TLR


F829.00002
Nikon F

MANUFACTURER: Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan, Tokyo
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: June 1959
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR


N719.00001
Leica M4

MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1967
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder


L533.00025
SX-70 Land Camera

MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, MA, Cambridge
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 25, 1972
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $180.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: instant

P7621.00003


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