Serial Number: Cam0089
Type:
View Camera
Manufacturer:
Houghton Ltd.
Country of Origin:
London, England
Production Period:
1900 - 1920
Approximate Price:
USD 2,000.00
Reference:
http://www.historiccamera.com/c
Status: Display
Description:
A very fine camera of beautifully
polished mahogany, solidly built and well finished,
with highly polished lacquered brass fittings and real
leather bellows. Double racks and pinions, extra long
extension with extending and swinging front,
extreme rising and falling front, double swing back
so arranged that it can be pushed forward and
clamped in any position for wie angle work.
Lens: f8, 9" Beck Symmetrical, iris diaphragm to f45.
Shutter: Thornton-Pickard roller-blind, speeds 1/15 1/90. Serial no. 7950.
Construction: Polished Honduran mahogany, brass
fittings, finger joints. Leather bellows with diagonal
corners.
Format: 6 ½" x 4 ¾" plates held in double dark-slides.
Focusing: Bellows. Double extension. Rack and
pinion movement to inner frame.
Attributes: Removable lens panel. Reversing back.
Rear pinion. Turntable.
Movements: Rising front, tilting front, tilting back.Serial Number: 430 ? .
With: Houghton's Envelope adapter (serial number:
178E). Tripod.
