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- OBJECT TYPE
- MODIFIED SLIDING BOX
- DATE
- 1850–1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0387.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Husbands & Clarke
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bristol, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 MAHOGANY (?) WOOD BODY & TAILBOARD; BRASS FITTINGS; GLASS OPTICS; SOME AREAS LINED WITH PAPER..2 BRASS LENS CAP PARTIALLY LINED WITH PAPER..3 WOOD BODY; GLASS, METAL, PAPER, STRING & LEATHER COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 25.7 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
- Husbands Clarke
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Bristol
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- SLIDING BOX STYLE CAMERA USED C. 1850S- 1880S.
- Canada
-
PARTOF A.M. HARDY COLL'N OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ.. ARCHIBALD HARDY OPERATED A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO ON SPARKS ST., OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. FOLLOWING WAR SERVICE, HE EST'D A STUDIO IN VANKLEEK HILL, ONT. WHERE HE WORKED AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HE SPECIALIZED IN WEDDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. MR. HARDY CLOSED HIS STUDIO IN 1952. - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES ON SPECIALLY PREPARED METAL PLATES (AND/OR POSSIBLY GLASS PLATES OR PAPER). - Technical
-
IN SLIDING BOX CAMERA FOCUSING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY MOVING BOX UNTIL SUBJECT APPEARS SHARP ON THE REAR GROUND GLASS SCREEN. A NUT (MISSING) ON THE TAILBOARD WAS USED TO LOCK THE BOXES IN POSITION. FINE FOCUS ADJUSTED WITH LENS RACK & PINION;.2 LENS CAP USED TO CONTROL EXPOSURE. PLATES INSERTED VIA DOOR IN TOP BACK. (REFS. 1 & 3)/ - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "HUSBANDS & CLARKE/ DENMARK STRT/ BRISTOL" marked on inlaid wood panel on camera body top. "A.G./ 6646" incised in lens casing, on area inside camera body. "Gandin [sic] & Frere Paris & Londre 1855" marked on paper label taped to inside lower edgeof camera body..2 No markings visible..3 "36586/ MADE BY/ ROCHESTER/ OPTICAL CO." stamped into inside surface of door on box back. "4" handwritten on open side of frame. "RAW OIL" handwritten on box back [other handwritten markings are illegible].
- Missing
- .1 MISSING NUT.
- Finish
- RED-BROWN MAHOGANY WOOD BODY; BRIGHT BRASS LENS CASING & FITTINGS..2 LENS CAP INTERIOR PAINTED BLACK; BLACK FABRIC APPLIED TO INTERIOR OF RIM. EXTERIOR OF BOX ADDED TO REAR OF.3 COVERED WITH BLACK LEATHERETTE. BLACK TAPE, PAPER & PAINT APPLED TO SELECTED AREAS OF INTERIOR. OPAQUE GLASS PLATE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Husbands & Clarke, Camera, circa 1850–1899, Artifact no. 2001.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0387.001/
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