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Expo Watch Camera

Item is a small novelty film camera that is disguised as a railroad pocket watch, first produced into early 1900's and sold until 1939. The exposure is made through the winding stem and the winding knob serves as a lens cap, and required special film cartridges. The camera is relatively common, as it was marketed for so long and several variations exist in the "Expo" trademark style, the winding knob, and the viewfinder shape. Black, red, blue enameled versions produced about 1935 are rarer. Item has its original box and triangular viewfinder, but the lens cap is missing.

Cavalry (Albumen, Kodak No. 1 print)

Item is a mounted albumen print on paper manufactured by Kodak and likely taken using the Kodak No. 1 camera, which came pre-loaded with film. When all 100 exposures had been made by the consumer, the entire camera was sent back to the Kodak company for prints to be made, and the camera to be reloaded. The Kodak No. 1 produced circular snapshots.
The image depicts a man seated on a horse, surrounded by onlookers with bicycles. Inscription on the reverse reads "Cavalry [illeg] Park West".

View-Master

Item is a handheld view master manufactured by Sawyers Inc and first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940). Item is made of plastic and metal. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.

Lillian Russell, 1861-1922

Lillian Russell, born Nellie Leonard in Clinton, Iowa in 1861, was a famous comic opera actress in New York city. She made her stage debut in "Time Tries All" in Chicago in 1877 before moving to New York in 1879 and continuing her career in musicals, burlesque and dramatic shows. Near the end of her life, she was appointed as a special investigator to study immigration conditions by President Harding. She presented a report to the United States Department of Labor that suggested an "immigration holiday" of 5 years, the sifting of immigrants on the other side, and 21 years residence in the US before naturalization. See "Lillian Russell Dies of Injuries", The New York Times, June 6, 1922, pp. 1-2. Retrieved on December 15, 2010.

Portrait of a man seated on the edge of a desk

Item consists of a photograph of a man in suit and tie, possibly a velvet jacket with striped pant. He is seated on the edge of a desk, with a studio backdrop of trees behind him. The photo is mounted on a postcard backing with the text "POST CARD" and a line delineating space for correspondence and address. At the upper right, a diamond design with the word "DEFENDER" printed twice designates the space for the stamp. At the very bottom, "Printed in U.S.A."

Portrait of a woman with checkered skirt

Item consists of a photograph printed with a large white border, mounted flush with a post card backing. Photograph depicts a woman seated sideways on a stool, with her hands on her knees. She wears a white blouse, checkered skirt and thick black leather watch. There is a piece of a mantel with flowers and leaves on the painted backdrop. On verso, the words "POST CARD" are printed sideways with a dividing line for address and correspondence. A small design at upper right indicates where to place postage.

Men in car

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card. Image shows a group of 7 men in suits seated in the back of a car with the roof drawn back. American flags hang from the lantern, door, and in front of the vehicle. There is a barn in the background. On verso, handwritten in pencil at upper left, "WSBCJ" and at upper right, 12.00/ 3c".

Cheescake pinups

Brown embossed cover, bound with green string. Photos held with black photo corners. Individual portraits show naked women in variety of settings such a studio and outdoors.
Consists of images of nude women of multiple heritage, including Chinese, Japanese, USA, Hawaii.
Some photos have copyright symbol printed onto photographs.

Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash camera

Item is a brown bakelite box camera designed by Eastman Kodak employee Arthur H. Crapsey Jr. for use with 127 film (4x6 cm exposures). The camera features a fixed speed rotary shutter and plastic lens. Item does not include the flash unit. This model was made in Canada, at the Canadian Kodak plant in Toronto.

Seven Wonders of the World, View-master Reel

Item is a set of wheel type stereographs that depict the wonders of the world. Each wheel focuses on a different set of wonders: ancient, modern, or natural and the list describing what each wheel portrays is on the back of the packet. Also comes with a 16 page color illustrated booklet.

7 More Wonders of the World, View-master Reel

File contains wheel type stereographs that depict scenes from different locations around the world, captive animals from different lands, performing animals, circuses and events, stories/fairy tales, indigenous peoples. Comes with a form to order more in the series and an order form for all wheels

Argoflex EF

Item is a metal twin lens reflex camera for 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" exposures on 620 format roll film. Coupled front lens focusing.

Argus C3

Item is a 35mm camera. Very solid and durable design, similar to the box camera.

Argoflex E

Item consists of an Argus Argoflex E twin-lens reflex camera made in the U.S.A. It was the first 620 film TLR camera produced by Argus. The camera features gear-coupled lenses allowing the user to focus using the viewfinder, an f4.5/75mm Argus Varex Anastigmat lens, and an Argus Varex Shutter with speeds T, B, 200, 100, 50, 25 and 10. Exposures are 6x6. The body is made of black Bakelite.

Stanley Dry Plate Box

One cardboard box meant for holding dry plates manufactured by the Stanley Co. Box contained one dozen plates and ranked a No. 50 on the sensitometer. Box bears a logo with a man on a horse saying "On Stanley, On."
F.E. Stanley developed his own dry plate formulation and then eventually began selling plates to other photographers. The venture proved so successful that he and his twin brother, F. O. Stanley, became partners in the Stanley Dry Plate Company in 1884. Their coating machine, patented in 1886, accelerated the dry plate process, coating plates at a speed of one plate per second. The twins ultimately sold the Stanley Dry Plate Company to George Eastman of Eastman Kodak, who used the Stanley innovation to build his photography empire.
The Gelatin or Dry Plate photographic process was invented in 1871 by Dr. Richard L Maddox. This involved the coating of glass photographic plates with a light sensitive gelatin emulsion and allowing them to dry prior to use. This made for a much more practical process than the wet plate process as the plate could be transported, exposed and then processed at a later date rather than having to coat, expose and process the plate in one sitting. The gelatin dry plate process technique was developed and eventually led to the roll film process.

Stanley Co.

Ansco Cadet Camera Outfit

Item is an Ansco Cadet 127 roll film camera with flash unit. The design of this camera was made to compete with the Kodak Brownie Star series, including similar three-point flash contacts. The camera features an Anscar Lens and a dial to switch between black and white and colour. The body is black plastic.

Kodak Photo CD - Layer Demo Disc

Item is a Kodak proprietary technology introduced in the 1980s for picture display and storage. It used the common CD format but functioned with prporietary software. Customers could now have image put on a CD as part of the film processing package by a photo finisher. The disc could be played by on many CD players.

United States

File contains newspaper and magazine clippings, magazines, journals and other publications related to Indigenous Peoples in the United States. File also contains statements and reports regarding the U. S. Government and self-government.

Polaroid Land Camera Model 150 outfit case

Item is a Polaroid Land Camera Model 150 with hard leather case, Polaroid flash model 281, 3 developing vials, leather strap, manual, and 7 loose papers. It used 40 series Polaroid Picture Roll Land film.

Polaroid Corporation

Kodak Stereo

Item is a stereo camera for creating two 24 x 24 mm exposures on standard 35mm cartridge film. The camera has a built in sprit level to ensure that ideal stereo effect is achieved. Kodak produced a corresponding Kodaslide Stereo Viewer and proprietary stereo slide holders for viewing images shot with the camera. Lenses are Kodak Anaston F3.5/35mm with a Kodak Flash 200 shutter.

Kodak Disc 4000

Item is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. The camera used Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and, while the camera did well when it was first introduced, it lost populatiry due to the low quality prints it produced. Item includes a built in flash and wrist strap.

Kodak Tele disc

Item is a simple to use camera for use with the proprietary "Disc" film format. Kodak introduced the 15 exposure cartridges in 1982, while they were popular when first introduced, the small negatives 911 x 8 mm) often resulted in poor quality prints and the format soon lost its popularity.

Text Accompaniments to Stereocards published by Underwood & Underwood

Volumes list all the stereocards in a series and then describe each card, including the significance of the depiction. Certain volumes are accompanied by maps and plans.
Real Children in Many Lands
Italy: Through the Stereoscope
Norway: Through the Stereoscope
Russia: Through the Stereoscope
The United States: Through the Stereoscope
Traveling in the Holy Land: Through the Stereoscope(Have 3 of this title)
Palestine: Through the Stereoscope
Jerusalem: Through the Stereoscope
Part I - A Trip to Jerusalem: Through the Stereoscope

Stereograph Album

1 photo album, with a burgundy and gold cover. Images focus on telling short stories, specific locations and people. Comes with a couple brochures for a stereoscopic exhibit by James Ricalton that focuses on the world.

Stereographs, United States of America

File consists of stereographs and stereographic sets depicting scenes, famous location,s and structures from the United States, such as bridges, parks, and mountains.

54 Stereoscopic photographs by Keystone View Co.
28 Stereoscopic photographs by F.J. Jarvis
16 Stereoscopic photographs by Strohmeyer & Wyman
47 Stereoscopic photographs by Underwood & Underwood
25 Stereoscopic photographs by Kilburn Brothers, 44 in association with James M. Davis
12 Stereoscopic photographs by H.C. White Co.
7 Stereoscopic photographs by C. Bierstdat
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Geo. Barker
7 Stereoscopic photographs by Stiff Bros.
15 Stereoscopic photographs by Caswell & Davy
4 Stereoscopic photographs by International Stereoscopic View Co.
4 Stereoscopic photographs by G. W. Pach
2 Stereoscopic photographs by G. F. Sproule
8 Stereoscopic photographs by Universal View Co.
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Robinson
3 Stereoscopic photographs by J.J. Reilly
3 Stereoscopic photographs by J. G. Rory
3 Stereoscopic photographs by Liberty Brand-Stereo Views
3 Stereoscopic photographs by The Whiting View Co.
3 Stereoscopic photographs by Jas. Esson
14 Stereoscopic photographs by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.; 1 separately by E. Anthony
11 Stereoscopic photographs by L.E. Walker
2 Stereoscopic photographs by C.L. Pond
4 Stereoscopic photographs by A. L. Wiswell
2 Stereoscopic photographs by W. M. Chase
2 Stereoscopic photographs by B.C. Kinney
2 Stereoscopic photographs by C. W. Carter
4 Stereoscopic photographs by B. A. Crum & Son
7 Stereoscopic photographs by J. G. Parks
11 Stereoscopic photographs by J. J. Cook
2 Stereoscopic photographs by R. I. Seddons
7 Stereoscopic photographs by James Cremer
3 Stereoscopic photographs by W. G. Chamberlain & Sold by John B. Sisty, 2 sold separately by John B. Sisty
5 Stereoscopic photographs by Ketchum & Co.
3 Stereoscopic photographs by A. G. Grant
1 Stereoscopic photograph by J. W. & J. S. Moulton
1 Stereoscopic photograph by W. M. Notman
1 Stereoscopic photograph by W.D. Gates & Co.
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Woodward Stereoscopic Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Illingworth & McLeish
1 Stereoscopic photograph by D. Barnum
1 Stereoscopic photograph by M.E. Brown
1 Stereoscopic photograph by H.S. Simon
5 Stereoscopic photographs by T.W. Ingersoll
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Ackermamn Bro's
1 Stereoscopic photograph by U.S. Stereoscopic Co.
5 Stereoscopic photographs by Webster & Albee
1 Stereoscopic photograph by A. Boisseau
2 Stereoscopic photographs by C.H. Shute & Son
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Moran & Storey
1 Stereoscopic photograph by W. H. Jacoby
1 Stereoscopic photograph by E. J. Wardwell & Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Gates, R. R.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Brubaker & Whitesides
1 Stereoscopic photograph by L. Parkinson
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Fay & Barney
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Alfred S. Campbell
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Richard Behrndt
1 Stereoscopic photograph by J. Carbutt
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Mayer & Cohen
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Boehl & Koenig
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Thomas Houseworth & Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Charles A. Zimmerman
1 Stereoscopic photograph by W. R. Cross
4 Stereoscopic photographs by C. W. Woodward
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Universal Photo Art Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Art Nouveau (Palentino) Stereograph
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Union View Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Heywood
1 Stereoscopic photograph by John Moran
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Henry W. Osgood
1 Stereoscopic photograph by J. Loeffler
1 Stereoscopic photograph by John P. Soule
1 Stereoscopic photograph by H. H. Bennett
2 Stereoscopic photographs by William H. Rau
1 Stereoscopic photograph by J. A. W. Pittman
1 Stereoscopic photograph C. M. Marsh
2 Stereoscopic photographs by M. F. Bixby
1 Stereoscopic photograph by J. B. Linn
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Griffith & Griffith
2 Stereoscopic photographs by U. H. Patterson
1 Stereoscopic photograph by H. L. Toles View Co.
2 Stereoscopic photographs by L. D. & Co.
2 Stereoscopic photographs by J. N. Wilson & Co.
2 Stereoscopic photographs by B. F. Childs
1 Stereoscopic photograph by Hurd & Ward
1 Stereoscopic photograph by N. W. Pease
1 Stereoscopic photograph by North Western View Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by George Scripture
1 Stereoscopic photograph by C. K. Burns
1 Stereoscopic photograph by L. B. Curtis & Co's Camp
2 Stereoscopic photographs by Lovejoy & Foster
1 Stereoscopic photograph by T. G. Richardson
1 stereoscopic photograph by M. Rieder
15 Stereoscopic photographs by Rocky Mountain Curio Co.
11 Stereoscopic photographs by John Schedig & Co.
1 Stereoscopic photograph by A. C. Co
224 Stereoscopic photographs by unidentified publishers
1 series of stereocards by an unidentified publisher
2 series by Underwood & Underwood(1 specifically on Yosemite Valley)

Bosley B2

Item is a compact 35mm camera with coupled rangefinder and an Anastigmat F3.2/44 mm lens in a helical mount. It has a double exposure prevention mechanism.

Bolsey

Canon Canonet 28

Item is the rangefinder model of the Canonet 28. It has a CDS (cadmium sulphide) cell above the lens which is a Canon F2.8 40 mm. It has a Canonlite D flash attached to the hot shoe mount.

Univex Model AF-4

Item is a subminiature vext-pocket folding camera for No. 00 rollfilm with an oxidized silver front plate and a Duo Achromatic lens. It originally sold for $1.95 which was less than it's predecessor's, the Univex Model AF-3, price of $2.50.

Bell & Howell Electric Eye

Item is a Bell & Howell Electric Eye 8mm motion-picture camera with a 3 lens turret. Bell & Howell was a U.S. based manufacturer of motion picture technology.

Cine-Kodak B

This is a 16mm movie camera that used 100 foot spools of film. The body is leather covered metal, rounded edges. It has a Kodak Anastigmat 25mm fixed-focus lens. Spring motor, brilliant reflex viewfinder. Working condition.

McKoewn pg. 1075

Cine Kodak K 100

Item is a range-finder, 16 mm motion picture camera for amateur, home use. The spring wound moter will shoot 40 feet of film before needing to be rewound.

Stereo Realist 1042

Item is a stereo camera produced in the early 1950's when the format became widely popular with amateur photographers. The camera uses 35mm film, has 2 anastigmat lenses, 3.5/35mm with a shutter speed of 1-1/150. The camera has a flash synch on the top.

Fiarchild Aerial Camera

Item is a typical handheld camera using 5.7 inch roll film. The transport is by a built-in clockwork (one shot at a time) to be wound by a large lever at the left of the body to generate a flat film plane. Some suction is generated during exposure. Shutter is made by Ilex (Rochester NY) 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 sec.The lens is also by Ilex Optical Co - Paragon Anasigmat f6.3. Accessories include 1 38mm Yellow Filter and 2 Metal Slides.

Kodak disc 6100 camera outfit

Item is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. Took Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and the camera model was not Kodak's most popular. This item includes the original packaging, with unopened twin pack of Disc film and strap.

Univex model A

Item is a small, Bakelite camera with a frame viewfinder. This was a proprietary camera design, which used No.00, 6 exposure film only made by the Universal Camera Corporation. Norton Camera filed a patent lawsuit filed against the Universal company after the product was released. Norton had been in talks with Universal to produce the camera originally. Universal eventually won the case and purchased the Norton Camera company. The camera originally sold for 39 cents.

Ansco Cadet

Item is an Ansco Cadet 127 roll film camera. The design of this camera was made to compete with the Kodak Brownie Star series, including similar three-point flash contacts. The camera features an Anscar Lens and a dial to switch between black and white and colour. The body is black plastic.

Anscoflex

Item is an all-metal camera designed by Raymond Loewy for 6 x 6 cm (2.36" x 2.36") exposures on 620 film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder, it is a simple box camera design with a two element Meniscus F11 lens and fixed 1/60th shutter speed. The front panel slides up to reveal the lens and viewfinder.

Ansco Vest Pocket No.0

Item is a small, folding strut camera for making 4 x 6.5cm exposures on 127 film. Unlike folding bed cameras, the lens remains exposed (on the outside of the camera) when the camera is collapsed. Lens is an Ansco Anastigmat f6.3.

Kodak Tourist camera

Item is a typical mass-produced, self-erecting, folding roll film camera for amateur use. Made 8 5.7 x 8.25 exposures on 620 roll film, but could be converted for other formats with the Kodak Tourist Adapter Kit.

No. 3A Folding Autographic Brownie

Item is a folding camera for 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. exposures. The Autogrpahic feature allowed notes to be made on the film by scratching them into the film paper with a special stylus. A window opened in the back of the camera to expose the backing paper. Lens is a Bausch + Lomb rectilinear lens with ball bearing shutter 1/25 - 1/100 sec. The camera was manufactured from 1913-1926.

Marktime

Item is a clockwork timer that will switch an enlarger On and Off to a preset timefor exposure. A time scale allows settings form 0 to 60 seconds. One can lock a time to repeat it, if neccesary. Includes instruction manual

The Last Supper (Lenticular post card)

Item is a postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper painting made with the Xograph three-dimensional printing process, a proprietary lenticular process in which parallel strips create the illusion of three dimensions when looking at the image from different angles. This card is part of the 3-D Collector Series published by the Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co.

Manhattan Post Card Publishing Company

Pool prize (Lenticular post card)

Item is a postcard depicting a woman exiting a pool, created with the Xograph three-dimensional printing process, a proprietary lenticular process in which parallel strips create the illusion of three dimensions when looking at the image from different angles. This card is part of the 3-D Collector Series published by the Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co.

Manhattan Post Card Publishing Company

Daguerreotype

Daguerreotype in oringinal leather case with velvet padding and brass spacer and preserver. Photograph is of a couple with a baby, some blurring can be seen where the baby moved its head during the long expsoure.

Polaroid Land camera, Pathfinder 110A

Item is a folding camera for instant photographs using Polaroid Picture Roll Land Film. Camera has a fully automatic transistorized electronic shutter. This model differs from the 101 model in that the body is plastic and it lacks the tripod socket.

Kodak one-time use camera part

Item is an internal portion of a Kodak manufactured, disposable 35mm camera. Cameras were returned for to Kodak after development, where portions of the camera were re-used in a new disposable camera.

Polaroid One Step

Item is an updated version of the original One Step. Typical consumer Polaroid - Black plastic body with flash - uses 600 film with built-in electronic flash

110B Pathfinder

Item is a professional grade camera for 7.2 x 9.5 cm instant exposures on Polaroid 40-series rollfilm. B - 1/300 sec. shutter Rodenstock - Ysarex 1:4.7 f127 mm.

Polaroid Automatic 230

Item is a folding, rangefinder, snapshot camera for instant photographs with Polaroid 200 series pack film. Body is grey plastic and does not have a tripod socket, includes a 3-element f8.8 lens. Manuals, accessory flash, timer and carrying case included.

Polaroid Corporation

Polaroid Land camera, Model 95 B (Speedliner)

Brown leatherette folding camera, single-speed shutter Double Anastigmatic f11/135 mm., revolving diaphram for 8 stops. Produced 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. exposures in approximately 1 minute using Polaroid 40 roll film. Originally retailed for $95 US.

Super Colorpack

Item is a Polaroid Land Camera Super Colorpack instant film camera. Similar to the Polaroid Super Shooter, the Super Colorpack has a rigid plastic body and a manual finder on the lens and uses peel-apart Land Pack Films.

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