Camera Collection (page 13)

An airmans camera 1917
Efficiency in the French Army: Apparatus for taking photographs from an aeroplanes. The French Armys camera takes aerial photographs of the enemies trenches, they are developed and put on maps

Travelling cinematograph with Austrian army, WW1
A travelling cinematograph for the troops near the Isonzo front during the First World War. Date: 1916

The Amateur Photographer Illustrated advertisement
Advertisement for The Amateur Photographer Illustrated magazine. Its the biggest, brightest and best and has information on practical, elementary, pictorial and scientific photography

A beach photographer
Snapshots on the beach: how the persistent camera fiend makes life weary at the crowded seaside resorts. A photographer takes a picture of a couple in beach attire. Date: 1891

Advertisement for photographic competition
Advertisement for a 3000 All British photographic competition, featuring Britannia with a camera on a tripod. Date: 20th century

People sitting at tables in the open air, looking round at the camera. Date: 20th century

Silhouette, girl photographing dog
Silhouette of a girl photographing her dog with a box camera. Date: (insert)

Advert, Arthur Pelling of Chiswick, photography
Advertisement and receipt for Arthur Pelling Ltd of Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, West London, photography supplier and chemist

Queen of Belgium photographing presentation, WW1
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium photographing a presentation of decorations to Belgian officers by King George V on the Western Front in France during World War One

British signal station on railway track, Western Front, WW1
A British signal station of three men, set up on a railway track, using a daylight lamp, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Arthur, Prince of Connaught and French General, WW1
Arthur, Prince of Connaught presents a military decoration to a French General on the Western Front during World War One. Two men in the background stand with their cameras at the ready

Advert for Stereoscopic Company
Advert for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company: the twin-lens artist hand camera as used by HRH Alexandra, the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII)

Television cameras at Wimbledon for first time
Television cameras in action at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in 1937 which was being televised for the first time that year. Date: 1937

Filming the 1937 Coronation
A diagrammatic drawing by Douglas Macpherson of the window constructed behind the tomb of St Aymer de Valence in the Abbey sanctuary

RAF photographic reconnaissance work by G. H. Davis
Spying out the enemys secrets from the air: photographic reconnaissance work in the RAF. How the RAF has obtained its great collection of photographs of vital areas in Germany

Advert for Ensign camera 1919
10/- will buy this camera for your son. Six bright little pictures from every spool. Loads in daylight. Date: 1919

German military rocket camera, WW1
A German military rocket camera with a Zeiss lens being fired into the air in the early weeks of the First World War. It was designed to map enemy territory to facilitate invasion

Advert for Ensign camera 1918
Ensign photography, means picture-making with British made apparatus and materials throughtout. " Ensign roll films will fit any roll film camera and give the finest results. 1918

Interesting Hollywood, California, USA
Interesting Hollywood, California, where stars shine night and day. Cover design of a set of postcards depicting Hollywood locations. Date: 20th century

Street Photographer, Moscow, Russia
A Russian street photographer with his camera and tripod in Moscow, Russia. Date: 1920

Cuttens photography apparatus
John Cuttens apparatus for automatically photographing any unusual incident. Date: 20th century

Group of men in a fishing boat with film camera
A group of nine men in a an open fishing boat registered in Whitby, Yorkshire with film camera on a calm sea, possibly a film crew Date: 1930s

The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914
Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914

Advert for Rolleiflex cameras 1939
Win the prizes with a Rolleiflex. The Rolleiflex has won some of the biggest money prizes ever offered in photographic competitions and here are some of the reasons why

Man in swimsuit on rocks
A plump man in a one-piece swimsuit, standing on rocks with his arms raised. He is holding a walking stick and a towel in one hand, and has a box camera in a canvas bag slung over his shoulder

People in a park, with cine camera
People in a park, watching an event. A man stands with a cine camera on a tripod, filming

Group of people, Blackpool
A group of people posing for their photo in Blackpool, on the site of the new Embassy Hotel

Victor Bulla, special correspondent
Victor Bulla of St. Petersburg, one of the special correspondents of The Sphere and The Tatler, who gained permission to accompany the invading Russian forces en route to Manchuria during

Charles S. Goldman, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES SYDNEY GOLDMAN (1868-1958) African born, British businessman, author, journalist and Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth between 1910 and 1918

Two women in a garden. A middle-aged woman is sitting down, ready to be photographed by a younger woman who has a camera on a tripod

Argentine Guitarists
Argentinian guitarists strike a masculine pose, one foot on a rock, as they play a duet together while their coy womenfolk hide from the camera, South America. Date: 1930s

Augier Photo
EMILE AUGIER French playwright, posing for the camera with his wife and their dog in 1885. Date: 1820-1889

Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1886
Advertisement for 19th century bellows cameras with mahogany frames and apparatus. 1886

Daring Ice Jump
Stuntman HOPE BRAIN peforming a daring ice jump at the Ice Palais, Sydney, Australia. He was impressed with this photograph, taken with a new high speed camera. Date: 1940s

Trotsky in Warsaw
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Warsaw 1919 during the peace of Brest-Litovsk - he is nearest camera in foreground. Date: 1879 - 1940

Looking Back in Glamour
Head and shoulders portrait of a dark haired woman. She is looking back over her shoulder towards the camera. Date: late 1960s

And your Name Is?
Head and shoulders portrait of a dark haired woman who appears to be topless. She stares at the camera with her hand on her chin. Date: late 1960s

Female Model
A woman in a bathing costume poses for the camera. Date: late 1960s

Model Couple
A couple in evening dress. The woman faces the camera while the man faces away. Date: late 1960s

POLICEMENs PICNIC
Two laughing policemen, captured on camera enjoying a picnic, or perhaps just a flask of tea and a bite to eat, next to a tent! Date: early 1930s

Miner & Family 1905
A miner and his family stand on the doorstep of their dwelling. The mother proudly holds up her baby for the camera. Probably taken in Radstock, Avon. Date: 1905

Pekingese Dog
A Pekingese dog being hand- held for the camera. Date: early 1930s

Pearly King at the Derby
A Pearly King and his son pose proudly for the camera among a crowd at the Epsom Derby (horse races), Surrey, England. Date: early 1930s

The standard aerial reconnaissance camera used 1916-1918

Thessaloniki, Greece - A Photographer, just about to take portrait shot of a group of European soldiers, part of the International Expeditionary Force stationed at Thessaloniki during WW1 to support

Market Reports - Chinese Steady
Market Reports postcard - Chinese (market) Steady. A Chinese beauty poses for a photograph, maintaining a static pose for as long as possible to allow for the length of exposure required by

Boulogne-sur-Mer Horseracing Track - France
The stands packed at the Boulogne-sur-Mer Horseracing Track - 14th July 1904. Officials on horseback and cameramen await the big race... Date: 1904

Keep Smiling! Young Giant Panda taking a photograph
The tables are turned in this fantastic postcard showing a Giant Panda taking a photograph of onlookers, unlike the normal situation where the panda is the subject of the onlookers attention

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