Call Number:

PH-02574

Collection Name:

Photographic Technology Collection

No. of Items:

700 items

Span Dates:

ca. 1650 forward (bulk, 1850s-1950s)

Description:

The Photographic Technology Collection consists of over 700 items including cameras, camera and darkroom accessories, enlargers, projectors, and other pieces related to the history of photography made by numerous manufactures from the United States, Europe, and Asia. Included are portable camera obscuras, camera lucidas, zoetropes, Kinoras, and stereo viewers. The earliest items include a scioptric ball or "ox-eye" lens, which dates to circa 1650, and a portable camera obscura manufactured by W. & S. Jones (Holborn, England) that dates to circa 1750.

Access Restrictions:

Special permission from the Curator of Photography, plus advance notice, is required to access this unprocessed collection. To make an appointment, please contact Reading and Viewing Room staff.

Accession No(s):

3 vintage cameras & 1 light meter: 2015:0030:0001 -- Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20; 2015:0030:0002 -- Nikon Action Touch; 2015:0030:0003 -- Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100; 2015:0030:0004 -- Sangaro Weston Master V light meter w/case.

Location(s):

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Special permission required (Logan slide box)
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Special permission required (box of lantern slide crayons 2000:0015:0001)
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1 osb (u)
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See Also:

Paul van Katwijk Photography Collection