camera
Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | camera |
| Type de l'objet : | folding |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | tools & equipment for communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | photographic tools & equipment |
| Discipline : | fine arts history |
| Matériaux : | fibre plastic metal glass paint |
| Technique de fabrication : | moulded painted screwed cast cut |
| Numéro de catalogue : | DMHB2004.31.1a-d |
| Fabricant : | Coronet Camera Co. |
| Province d'origine : | West Midlands |
| Pays d'origine : | England |
| Continent d'origine : | Europe |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | English |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | European |
| Contexte culturel : | recreation documentation art |
| Date de début de production : | L 1926 |
| Date de fin de production : | P 1946 |
| Période : | first half of 20th century |
| Description : | This is a black, rectangular camera. One of the long sides of the camera unfolds, allowing the lens to extend. Black bellows extend with the lens. Around the lens is a wide circle of black plastic, with the name of the company and information about the camera on it. A metal brace on each side helps hold the camera in position when unfolded. A metal hook for holding the camera closed also functions as a foot for the unfolded bed to rest upon. |
| Commentaires : | At the end of the nineteenth century, photography expanded from being primarily the realm of professional photographers to being a popular and affordable hobby for the average citizen. This particular camera is known as a folding camera, since it can be folded up when not in use. Unfolding the camera lowers the hinged baseboard, providing a bed for extending the objective lens to properly focus it. This feature was standard on most folding pocket cameras. The accordion-like bellows that extend with the lens keep out light. Folding cameras were common from the beginning of the twentieth century until the second world war, and generally used rollfilm. Celluloid rollfilm was invented in 1889 by Henry Reichenbock, an American chemist working for Kodak. Rollfilm simplified the photographic process, making it more accessible to the masses. Folding cameras like this one also had the benefit of being flat and pocketable. Because this camera has only one bracing strut on each side while in the open position, it was likely a lower end camera. The history and donor of this particular camera are unknown. |
| Fonctions : | This camera was used for taking photographs. It would have been for personal, amateur use. |
| Hauteur : | 7.2 |
| Longueur : | 16 |
| Largeur : | 11.5 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 4 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | film spool spool holder camera body camera back |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | T I Coronet Patented Made in England Use 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" - 6 cm. x 9 cm. Films M'Factured By Coronet Pat. No. 346882 Cornet Camera Co. BHAM |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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