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Early Wooden Folding Dry Plate Camera

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Early Wooden Folding Dry Plate Camera
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Available for your bidding pleasure is this Early Wooden Folding Dry Plate Camera circa Late 1800's. This wonderful historical piece was once owned and operated by photographer William H. Partridge from 1886-1887. It was developed by a French scientist, Dr. J. M. Taupenot in 1860. It was designed as a portable camera to be used with a tripod for stability, employing the dry collodion-albumen process. In this process, a normal collodion plate was washed of excess silver while still wet, then coated with tannic acid and allowed to dry. An additional coating of iodized albumen and another coating of silver nitrate were then added and allowed to dry. This process would allow the plates to be stored for several weeks before needing to be exposed. This camera is marked "Photographic Supplies E.J. Partridge Portland, OR." and shows a brass lens from "Darlot Paris". William H. Partridge was born on September 21, 1858 in Wheeling, Virginia. Partridge and his brother, Edward J. operated the Portland photo studio between 1885-1889. This studio was a western office of the Partridge Photo Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. This wonderful piece of history is capable of being folded up into the size of a small briefcase or large book. The camera is in good condition overall with some signs of wear indicative of it's impressive age. The piece measures 16" long, 9 1/2" wide, 11" tall.