Lot Essay
Lthrop and Auer illustrate this camera (p. 119). The camera was patented by George B. Brainerd of Brooklyn, New York. This appears t be the only known example.
Details
Brainerd-Levison Satchel camera no. 100
U.S.A.; quarter-plate, black grained-leather body covering, nickel-metal fittings, internally-contained plate box with changing back and thirteen plate sheaths, waist-level finder, sprung sliding shutter and lens, the camera interior stamped 100
U.S.A.; quarter-plate, black grained-leather body covering, nickel-metal fittings, internally-contained plate box with changing back and thirteen plate sheaths, waist-level finder, sprung sliding shutter and lens, the camera interior stamped 100
Literature
Lothrop & Auer (1978), Die Geheimkameras, p. 90, 118.
United States Patent no. 331677, 1 December 1885.
United States Patent no. 331677, 1 December 1885.
Further details
Restored in 1976 by Mike Kessler.
Condition: 3F
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Condition: 3F
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