• Can Sherlock Facepunch identify this camera?
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So, I've been researching a single box camera for quite a while now, well over 3 months. I haven't been able to find any information online or in the library, but there may be something I've missed. [IMG]http://i2.wp.com/leatherbello.ws/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/oxford.jpg?zoom=2&resize=720%2C480[/IMG] It's made out of cardboard with a leatherette covering (very common for brownie-style box cameras of the day). It has a pull-out switch for bulb shutter speed (only options are instant and bulb) and it takes 120 film. No inscriptions or engravings anywhere else. Only other information I can find on the internet is a google search for an old newspaper from 1913, and it doesn't look anything like the one I have here. [url]https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19130705&id=TEkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rnQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6253,495895&hl=en[/url] [img]http://i.gyazo.com/9ef61dba6e1c8e5dd7f8917be6edf7b0.png[/img] [img]http://i.gyazo.com/7aaa169a91393e1d7e7620ed8c8cff6a.png[/img]
It's an old camera.
[QUOTE=isnipeu;47408624]It's an old camera.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.gyazo.com/a59bbab2e535bd9e51ae81c4965997d9.png[/img] thanks, noted
A quick search of Seneca reveals they did make a camera that looks kinda like that one. but its not 100% [IMG]http://www.historiccamera.com/librarium/senecasenior/senecasenior_image1.gif[/IMG] Source: [URL="http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=senecasenior"]Historic Camera[/URL] Very interesting.
[QUOTE=bobxrawks;47408786]A quick search of Seneca reveals they did make a camera that looks kinda like that one. but its not 100% [IMG]http://www.historiccamera.com/librarium/senecasenior/senecasenior_image1.gif[/IMG] Source: [URL="http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=senecasenior"]Historic Camera[/URL] Very interesting.[/QUOTE] I was able to find the Oxford Automan, but that's a Hand and Stand camera, not a [URL="http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/h_chap.html"]box camera[/URL], which didn't list the wanted camera
I was able to track down some links that seem to show off the same camera, but like you, they don't actually know anything about who made it. [t]https://img0.etsystatic.com/024/0/8274004/il_570xN.476944910_jg8k.jpg[/t] [URL="http://vintagebloke.blogspot.com/2013/02/vintage-pleasure.html"]http://vintagebloke.blogspot.com/2013/02/vintage-pleasure.html[/URL] [URL="https://www.etsy.com/listing/155994146/vintage-oxford-box-camera"]https://www.etsy.com/listing/155994146/vintage-oxford-box-camera[/URL]
I've got a Kodak Brownie Mk. II camera. It looks very similar. [QUOTE][t]http://i.imgur.com/ERYYjlP.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Kcbd9bY.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
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