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box camera, the Hawk-Eye, Jr.

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box camera, the Hawk-Eye, Jr.

Date: circa 1895
Inventory Number: 1988-0016
Classification: Camera
Subject:
photography,
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Boston,
Dimensions:
12.7 × 11.3 × 16.4 cm (5 × 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
box: 15.2 × 21.6 × 13.3 cm (6 × 8 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Material:
wood, glass, leather, metal,
Description:
This camera can use either glass plates or roll film, producing pictures of 3½ x 3½ inches in size. It is equipped with a single achromatic lens of set focus, a shutter adapted for both time and instantaneous work, and a square finder to center the image upon the surface of the glass plate or film. Everything is found inside a wooden box covered in leather. Original price in 1896 was $8.00.

For the description of this camera in the company's 1896 trade catalogue, see the following link on Google Books.
Signedon front: THE / BLAIR CAMERA CO. / MAKERS / BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A

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