Camera Collection (page 15)

Schoolchildren on Red Crag, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
These three schoolgirls from Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School, Essex, are taking direction from a schoolboy operating the camera for a 16mm film project

Advert for The Vanity Kodak 1926
One would think the Kodak would be content to be admired for what it does. But no! This compacted Kodak comes in a choice of colours, carried in a case lined with lustrous silk

A Seaside Snap Shot by William Heath Robinson
Ingenious method of overcoming the difficulty of taking ones own photograph by bathing devised by the gadget king, and master of silly ideas, William Heath Robinson. Date: 1927

Kodak film wallet for photographs and negatives 1939

Boy Scout fishing, Longridge Centre
A Boy Scout fishing in front of an ITV camera on a tripod at Longridge Water Activities Centre. July 1972

Paparazzi at the Berlin royal wedding, 1913
Camera men wait in the street with their cameras and tripods, hoping to get a photograph of the bride and bridegroom on the balcony of the Royal palace

Photographer
A photographer in a park, Landskrona, Sweden 1952. Date: 1952

Lazio Beauties
Lovely girls of Lazio, Italy, posing for the camera before dancing to the concertinas. Date: 1930s

Preparing for ascent in balloon, Western Front, WW1
A German officer preparing for the ascent in a reconnaissance balloon on the Western Front during the First World War. He is equipped with a cinematographic camera with which to photograph the enemy

Filming a TV Advert
A blonde model in a bubble bubble being filmed for a fork lift TV ad! Date: 1950s

Father and daughter outside beach hut
A father and his daughter outside their beach hut at a seaside resort. He looks at her, she looks at the camera. Date: late 1950s

Man Pointing a Gun
A male model points a gun at the camera. Date: 1960s

Female Photographer
A young female photographer adjusts her camera in the park, ready to capture her subject - YOU! Date: 1960s

Brazilian Beauty Queen
A camera woman films a close- up of the winner of a beauty contest held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. Date: 1930s

Dark Room Equipment
Cameras and lenses in a dar room. Sophisticated in their day, no doubt, but looking rather dated and cumbersome today! Date: 1960s

Watch the Birdie! A female photographer adjusts her camera lens in a park, ready to capture her subject - YOU! Date: 1960s

Camera Film
Camera film with a magnetic strip. Date: 1980

Record Making Boat Trip
Four Englishmen - A. Brown (at wheel), G.D. Mallett and (with backs to camera), L.T. Davidson and E. Oldenbury, in a hand propelled boat from London to the Black Sea. Date: 1933

In Front of Camera Shop
Men stand in front of a Kodak camera shop eyeing up the bargains in the window. Date: 1960s

Model Ice Skater
Bye darling, I m off for a spot of ice skating! A model waves at the camera, her ice skates under her arm. Date: 1930s

Female Pilot
A liberated female pilot takes a snapshot of herself on her windswept flight, with an automatic camera attached to an aeroplane wing! Date: 1930s

WINKING
A woman winks at the camera. Date: late 1960s

Child Model
A little girl poses for the camera. Date: late 1960s

Three autumn outfits by Beer, Redfern and Jean Patou
Three elegant young ladies in the latest autumn outfits. On the left, a blue and black coat with black fur trimming, by Beer

Camera used for air reconnaissance, WW1
A camera used for air reconnaissance during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Coronation. BBC camera opposite Abbey entrance
The BBC camera on a dais in front of the Coloniual Office in Queen Victoria Street. 1953

Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret in a grandstand made from a farm wagon at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials

Filming of Blanche Fury
Scene during the filming of the movie Blanche Fury directed by Marc Allegret and adapted from the novel by Joseph Shearing

Flying pigeon
A flying pigeon photographed with a high-speed camera, resulting in an interesting flying saucer shape. circa 1940s

Captain Wilkins, photographer, near Roussoy, France, WW1
Captain George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), Australian official war photographer, setting up his camera and tripod on top of a tank near Roussoy, northern France

Tatler front cover, 3 February 1960
Front cover of The Tatler with a girl taking a photograph of a London policeman and Big Ben with a Leica camera. Date: 1960

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent with her children
The widowed Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent poses with her daughter, Princess Alexandra, for an informal photograph taken by her eldest son, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent at Bailiffscourt, Climping

Kodak Camera 1930S
Smart cameras have striped fronts this year. At the Kodak works at Wealdstone, England, where these cameras are made, each is tested by a scientist to ensure a needle-sharp focus Date: 1930s

Trade / Store Catalogue
Kodak cameras from the photographic department. Date: 1909

Photographer taking a photo of a little boy
Mother trying to encourage her little boy to sit still for the Photographer. Date: circa 1890

Muybridge Work Place
His open-air studio at the Palo Alto stock farm, California : camera shed on right, background wall left, four cameras on stands at corners of the track area Date: 1878

Berlin Showgirls / 1927
A line of showgirls pose for the camera in front of a large poster of a scantily clad girl playing the saxophone Date: 1927

Knife-Thrower & Camera
A knife-thrower is photographed in action by an intrepid photographer Date: 1939

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

A piglet gazes into the camera

Metropolitan Police investigation equipment, set out on the ground at the back of a green van

Photographic party, Slebech, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
A photographic party on the bridge at Slebech, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Blackpool Bridge, crossing the River Cleddau, is a Grade II listed, single span bridge

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Cooks Continental Coach Tours
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Continental Coach Tours -- see it all so easily! A roll of camera film shows colourful pictures of holiday resorts, and a coach travelling along a road

GATSO speed camera
A GATSO speed camera with two Metropolitan Police officers

Postcard Collectors
A fabulous French postcard depicting two postcard collectors

Scene in a photographers studio. Several men, who appear to be photographers themselves, watch a photographer photographing a little boy, who seems to be enjoying the experience

Operating a Vertical Projector
The Head of the offset-deep process Department at the Lund Humphries Printing works, operating a vertical projector. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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