Camera, No 12 Watch Pocket Carbine (Tropical Model)
Maker
Houghton-Butcher Mfg Co.
Production date
Post 1926
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Description
Folding rollfilm camera. Upright format with a body constructed of brass with a finish described either as copper oxidised or as Florentine bronze. This camera was intended for tropical use and according to the maker's advertisement, was "extra-proofed against insects" (redbellows.co.uk).
Maker
Houghton-Butcher Mfg Co.
Production date
Post 1926
Production place
England
Credit line
Gifted by W Murray
Accession number
5011/84
Current rights