Calotype Camera
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1830-1840
notes: label: Description
content: Camera used by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1830s
label: Description
content: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot established the negative to postive process in photography. This small camera is one of a number that he used to expose sensitized paper to create negatives. The negatives were put in plate holders with sensitized salted paper and placed in the sun.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M. Talbot
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.003864A
label: catalog number
content: 3864A
label: accession number
content: 100963
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera, Calotype
label: Object Name
content: Camera
label: Other Terms
content: Camera; Camera, Calotype; Plate/Sheet; Stand; Rigid Body
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 11.7475 cm x 21.59 cm