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- Detective Camera, 1886-1890 - In 1885, Robert D. Gray created one of the earliest commercial spy cameras. It was designed for concealment: worn under a shirt, with the small lens protruding from a button hole. The spring shutter on the flat disc could be triggered with little suspicion. After each image was taken, the glass plate inside the disc rotated, producing small round photographs.
- 1886-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Detective Camera, 1886-1890
In 1885, Robert D. Gray created one of the earliest commercial spy cameras. It was designed for concealment: worn under a shirt, with the small lens protruding from a button hole. The spring shutter on the flat disc could be triggered with little suspicion. After each image was taken, the glass plate inside the disc rotated, producing small round photographs.
- Detective Camera, circa 1889 -
- circa 1889
- Collections - Artifact
Detective Camera, circa 1889