A half-plate boxform falling plate detective camera no. 253 with a brass bound Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Series III lens no. 3632 in a roller blind shutter, back stamped Miller's Patent No. 12669 and label W. H. Tomkinson, Photographic Dealer, 81 Dale St., Liverpool.

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A half-plate boxform falling plate detective camera no. 253 with a brass bound Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Series III lens no. 3632 in a roller blind shutter, back stamped Miller's Patent No. 12669 and label W. H. Tomkinson, Photographic Dealer, 81 Dale St., Liverpool.
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T. Miller was granted British Patent no. 12,669 of 13 August 1890 for a design of detective camera, change-boxes, shutters and roller slides.

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