General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CANVAS/ GLASS/ BRASS/ WOOD/ LEATHER.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

10.5 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

9.0 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

Dubroni

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Paris

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1860s (?)

Canada

None that is known.

Function

To record an image on a photosensitive plate and process the latent image within the camera.

Technical

This camera employed wet collodion plates to record the image, but unlike most cameras of this period and afterward, the photographer sensitised and processed the plates in the camera itself. A glass plate coated with bromiodised collodion was put in through the hinged back and silver nitrate poured in through an upper hole to sensitise the plate. After exposure was made by removing the lens cap, developer and fixing solution were poured in. The plate was then washed and printed. The model produced pictures 1.75 x 1.75 inches and used a 60mm f3.5 lens. See supp. Info. File.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

A PLATE RIVETED TO THE BACK DOOR STATES: 'PHOTOGRAPHIE DE POCHE/ BREVETEE S.G.D.G./ APPAREIL DUBRONI'/ 'Lachenal/ Opticien, Paris' INCISED ON LENS HOUSING.

Missing

STOPPER OR PIPETTE FOR HOLE ON TOP WHERE LIQUID WOULD HAVE BEEN POURED IN.

Finish

WOOD WAS COATED (VARNISHED?)

Decoration

N/A