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- Conley Senior Box Camera, circa 1900 - Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this single-shot model had a storage compartment for extra plates.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Conley Senior Box Camera, circa 1900
Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this single-shot model had a storage compartment for extra plates.
- Conley Folding Dry Plate Camera, Model IV, 1910-1918 - Folding cameras were designed to be portable and rugged. The lens sits at the end of a collapsible bellows system, often adjustable to provide better focus. The back of this camera held glass plates for exposure; some models contained cartridges with multiple plates. Once user-friendly roll film cameras were perfected around 1900, plate cameras began to wane.
- 1910-1918
- Collections - Artifact
Conley Folding Dry Plate Camera, Model IV, 1910-1918
Folding cameras were designed to be portable and rugged. The lens sits at the end of a collapsible bellows system, often adjustable to provide better focus. The back of this camera held glass plates for exposure; some models contained cartridges with multiple plates. Once user-friendly roll film cameras were perfected around 1900, plate cameras began to wane.
- Conley Senior Box Camera, circa 1900 - Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this single-shot model had a storage compartment for extra plates.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Conley Senior Box Camera, circa 1900
Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this single-shot model had a storage compartment for extra plates.
- Conley No. 2 Kewpie Box Camera, 1917-1922 - Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this model made 8 exposures on 120 roll film.
- 1917-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Conley No. 2 Kewpie Box Camera, 1917-1922
Box cameras were simple: a lens at one end, a glass plate or film at the other. Introduced in the 1880s--and mass marketed with Kodak's Brownie in 1900--these cameras were accessible and affordable for amateur photographers. Conley box cameras were distributed through Sears, Roebuck & Co.; this model made 8 exposures on 120 roll film.