Debrie Motion Picture Camera, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview
This motion picture camera was used at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratories. Edison's 1888 patent for a device that could do "for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear" produced intense technological experimentation--and the development of the American film industry. Over two short decades, recording and projection technologies standardized, and sophisticated audiences began to demand quality productions.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Motion-picture camera
Date Made
circa 1920
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.0.103.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brass (Alloy)
Canvas
Leather
Oilcloth
Textile
Wood (Plant Material)
Color
Black (Color)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 in (Height of Carrying Case)
Width: 5.25 in (With shaft)
Length: 10.625 in (With lens)
Height: 9.25 in
Width: 8 in (Width of Carrying Case)
Length: 14 in (Length of Carrying Case)
Inscriptions
Lens: Voigtlander & Sohn, Braunschweig No. 86900 Hellar 51mm, 1:45 D.R.P. 124934
Snaps on leather case: Patent Applied For Sept. '96
Side Viewer/Lens: Pat. June 7. 98
"AD" (A D monogram stamped on various internal components and film magazines)
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