T. P. BETHELL, EnglandA quarter-plate cardboard-body Crown camera with two waistlevel finders, cardboard rubber-band powered shutter, four-position rotary stops marked 1 2 3 4 and Crown camera. Patent No. 2965, single meniscus lens, removable ground glass screen, rear sliding sheath, leather carrying strap and two printed paper lables Instructions for working stops and Instructions, canvas and metal double darkslide and exposed plates, in a similarly styled cardboard box; a Coronet Camera Co cardboard body Coronet box camera with internally contained processing chemicals and materials. (2)

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T. P. BETHELL, EnglandA quarter-plate cardboard-body Crown camera with two waistlevel finders, cardboard rubber-band powered shutter, four-position rotary stops marked 1 2 3 4 and Crown camera. Patent No. 2965, single meniscus lens, removable ground glass screen, rear sliding sheath, leather carrying strap and two printed paper lables Instructions for working stops and Instructions, canvas and metal double darkslide and exposed plates, in a similarly styled cardboard box; a Coronet Camera Co cardboard body Coronet box camera with internally contained processing chemicals and materials. (2)

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Patent no. 2965 was granted on February 10 1896 to T. P. Bethell is related to a simple construction of camera to be made of cardboard of metal, or a combination of both. The camera as produced appeared with just minor alterations to the patent drawings.

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