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- OBJECT TYPE
- CONCEALED
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0109.001
- MANUFACTURER
- STIRN, C.P.
- MODEL
- CONCEALED VEST
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7352
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS WITH GLASS LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- STIRN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
WORN INSIDE VEST OR WAIST COAT WITH THE LENS DISGUISED AS A BUTTON - Technical
-
THIS CAMERA WAS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE "GRAY'S VEST CAMERA" (INVENTED BY R.D. GRAY, NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. PATENT 346,199 JULY 27, 1886). THE RIGHTS TO THE CAMERA WERE PURCH'D FROM GRAY BY C.P. STIRN, OF STIRN & LYONS, NEW YORK CITY IN 1886. THE STIRN CAMERA BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF THE CONCEALED CAMERAS PRODUCED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S LOGO STAMPED IN BACK, 'S'-SHAPED
- Missing
- CABLE RELEASE; NECK STRAP
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED; FINISH ALMOST COMPLETELY WORN OFF THE FRONT
- Decoration
- N/A
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STIRN, C.P., Camera, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1979.0109, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0109.001/
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