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
- 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