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Camera, tail-board

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Fonds / Collection
The Porter Collection
Material Type
Artifact
Description
The camera has a fixed and a sliding panel resting on the base-board. There is a brass screw and hinge on either side of the movable panel, that also has a glass plate attached to it. The front and back panels are connected by square-shaped bellows. The movable panel can be pushed towards the fi…
Repository
West Vancouver Art Museum
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Fonds / Collection
The Porter Collection
Material Type
Artifact
Accession Number
1987.167.006
Photo / Negative Number
Roll 3: 8-13
Narrative
Tail-board cameras were originally designed by C.G.H. Kinnear in 1856 to take on a photographic tour of France. The bellows were fixed to the back of the camera and detachable from front. The whole camera formed a box for carrying. Tail-board cameras were advantageous to the previous sliding-box cameras as they had a wider range of lens extension, weighed less, and were smaller. Tail-board cameras were ideal for close-up shots. Tail-board cameras were typically made of mahagony or teak wood. As a safeguard, extra brass plates were added at the more vulnerable spots such as corner joints.
Artifact Category
T&E for Communication: Photographic T&E
Description
The camera has a fixed and a sliding panel resting on the base-board. There is a brass screw and hinge on either side of the movable panel, that also has a glass plate attached to it. The front and back panels are connected by square-shaped bellows. The movable panel can be pushed towards the fixed panel, and then the base can be folded up, so the camera looks like a box. The lens is missing.
Height
23
Width
20
Length
28
Depth
10
Material
Wood, glass, and metal
Repository
West Vancouver Art Museum
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