Serial Number: Cam0154
Type:
Folding Bed Camera
Manufacturer:
J. Lancaster Sons Limited
Country of Origin:
England
Production Period:
1905s
Approximate Price:
US Dollars 200.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
J. Lancaster Son was a photographic company, formed in Birmingham, England, in 1835 when James Lancaster started an optical firm for the manufacture of glasses, microscopes, and telescopes. Lancaster View Camera from around 1898. The company was an optician and camera maker, based in Irving Street, Birmingham. It was one of the world s major camera makers in 1898. It made wooden view cameras, among them several cameras for smaller plate formats. Lancaster made its own lenses and had patents for shutters. Other products were magic lanterns and photographic enlargers.
