Accession No

2892

Brief Description

Una Camera, by James A. Sinclair and Company Ltd., Englisg, 1930 (c)

Origin

England; London; 54 Haymarket

Maker

James A. Sinclair and Company Ltd.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1930

Latest Date

1930

Inscription Date

Material

wood; mahogany; leather; metal; brass; white metal; glass; ivory

Dimensions

when closed breadth 146mm; depth 100mm; height 151mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Estate Management, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 10/10/1982.

Inscription

‘The Una Camera
JAMES A. SINCLAIR & CO. LTD.
54, HAYMARKET,
LONDON, S.W.’ (on plaque on camera)
‘C.P. GOERZ BERLIN’ (on lens)
‘JAMES. A. SINCLAIR
& CO. LTD.
54, HAYMARKET
LONDON. SW.’ (plate inside lid of case)

Description Notes

Box camera covered in leather. Front hinges down to reveal concertina type camera with lens mounted in sliding mahogany panel. Bubble level (later addition). Lens can be moved up and down and tilted. Speed of 250-2 f 45 - 6.8 . Two inset ivory panels for focal distance from 2 to infinity and 3 to infinity. Black leather carrying case with spare yellow filter in envelope.

Condition good; complete

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