Camera Lens
date: label: date made
content: 1858
name: label: maker
content: Harrison, Charles C.
notes: label: Description
content: Photographic lens from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. The "C. C. Harrison, New York" and “5216” and "Patented Sep. 7, 1858" inscriptions refer to Charles C. Harrison, a man who studied lens making with Henry Fitz before opening his own daguerreotype studio and lens manufacturing company in 1846.
label: Description
content: Ref: Chas. C. Harrison and Jos. Schnitzer, “Diaphragm for Photographic Cameras,” U.S. Patent 21,470 (Sept. 7, 1858).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.018
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera lens
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (inside material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 12.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 4 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm