Miscellaneous - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Plate Duster

c. 1893

G.B. Kent & Sons Ltd

London

England

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Half-plate size. Wadding covered in red plush mounted on a mahogany handle.

These were typically used prior to loading the plate in a dark-slide and before developing.

References & Notes:
PA 1894, p. 407. Sinclair Cat. 1910, p. 188.

Sensitised Paper Box

1880s

Sands & Hunter

London

England

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10" x 8" size. This comprises a shallow tray with loose wooden covers at the top and bottom, elastic strips held the covers in place. Paper label with Sands & Hunter name.

Construction:
Mahogany.

Notes:
Address: 20 Cranbourn St.

Domino Changing Bag

F. Beresford

London

England

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Eye-piece with elastic to fit around head, with arm holes and red fabric window.

Changing bags were for loading and unloading dark-slides and for fixing problems in magazines etc. The more elaborate models had an eye-piece to look into the bag and a red fabric window to let in filtered light. Beresford were specialists in this area.

References & Notes:
BJA 1907, p. 1580. BJA 1912, p. 442. BJA 1926, p. 569.

Changing Bag

Without window. Two examples.

Jaynay Plate Drying Rack

1902

J & A Wilkinson

Manchester

England

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Top left of illustration.

References & Notes:
BP 22150/1902. BJA 1906, p. 1411.

Plate Drying Racks

  • Made of oak.
  • Wooden for 12 plates. (Top right of illustration).
  • Pine wood for 12 plates.

Print rollers and wipers

  • Jaynay print wiper 6".
  • Unnamed wiper 8".
  • Jaynay print roller.
  • Various unnamed rollers.

References & Notes:
BP 22793/1901 (Jaynay print roller).

Kodak Film Clip

1907

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

5" wide.

References & Notes:
Kodak Cat. 1915, p. 62.

Ilford Film Clips

Ilford Ltd

Ilford

England

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  • Double ended top clip.
  • Bottom clip with weight.

The double ended clip was used in professional 'Developing & Printing' works, it fixed the top of the film to a horizontal rod, the upper part of the clip held the order details. The clip was patented by A.E. Purslove in 1930.

References & Notes:
BP 366069/1930.

Film Clips

Negative Storage Box

W.W. Rouch & Co.

London

England

For 12, half-plates.

Construction:
Pine with dovetail joints.

Notes:
180 Strand address.

Contax Negative Album

Zeiss-Ikon A. G.

Dresden

Germany

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For 35 mm film strips with catalogue pages. Dated between 1937 and 1940.

Eastman Negative Album

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

For 100, 4" x 5" film negatives.

With:
Box.

References & Notes:
Kodak Cat. 1915.

Film Storage Album

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd

London

England

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For 2 ½" x 3 ½" and 2 ½" x 2 ½" film negatives.

With:
Box.

Negative wallet

Gevaert & Co.

Antwerp

Belgium

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To store six strips of 35 mm film.

Permafilm

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd

London

England

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Film preservative, anti-static and cleaner for cine-film and negatives.

Johnson Test Books

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd

London

England

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  • Comparator No. 5267 Test Books.
  • Universal Test Books.
  • Blue Litmus Test Books.

Helios Enlarger Bulb

Helios Electric Lamp & Glass Works

London

England

Frosted bulb.

Synthacolor

c. 1953

British Synthacol Ltd.

Reddish

England

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Colour printing filters. Set of yellow, magenta and cyan filters, with R-filter (light bulb colour correction). Box.

Synthacolor was a British colour processing system for both negative processing and printing. The printing kit included colour positive paper, correction filters (shown here) and processing solutions. The paper was a monopack coated with three emulsion layers.

References & Notes:
BJA 1954, pp. 175, 394, 535.

Darkroom Equipment

Darkroom Lamps

Granitine

Developing

Developing - Plate Tanks

Developing - Roll-Film Tanks

Fixing, Washing & Measures

Watkins Calculator

Timers & Clocks

Retouching Equipment

Print Meters

Print Meters - Electric

Focus Finders & Magnifiers

Enlargers - Box Form

Enlargers

Contact Printers

Vignettes & Masks

Printing and Masking Frames

Transposing Frames, Printers

Colouring

Print Trimming & Glazing

Print Mounting

Thermometers

Johnson Outfits

Miscellaneous