Bagley Tri-Lens Mapping Aerial Camera
date: label: date made
content: 1917
label: patent date
content: 1903-02-24
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Designed by Colonel James W. Bagley, former topographic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey. It has three lenses through which three simultaneous exposures are made on a single roll of film. The center lens is parallel to the plane of the horizon, while the other to are inclined toward the plane. The inclined negatives must be transformed or projected to the plane of the horizon before they are used. This is done in the laboratory with a transforming camera.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.4025
label: catalog number
content: 4025
label: accession number
content: 129440
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)