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This camera makes exposures on gelatin dry plate negatives that measure 4 by 5 inches. A hinged door on the top of the camera reveals a ground glass focusing screen, while a removable panel at the back of the camera also reveals the focusing screen. On the right side of the camera, a knob calibrated with marks for distance in feet provides focusing adjustment for an internal box and bellows.

Also known as the Model III.

Formerly owned by Mary King Porter (1865-1938).

This camera originally came pre-loaded with film from the Eastman Kodak Company, usually in lengths that produced 60, 100, 250 exposures, 3.25 by 4.25 inches. The camera has a fixed focus lens with a string set shutter with three aperture stops: largest stop for instantaneous street photographs, the middle stop for interiors, and the smallest for timed exterior exposures. A knob on the top side of the camera with calibrated marks for distance in feet that provided focusing adjustment for an internal box and bellows.

This camera makes panoramic exposures, 2.25 by 7 inches covering 112 degrees, on paper-backed size 105 roll film. The camera exposes the film by a fixed focus lens that swings in an arc. To arm the swinging lens, a lever mounted on top the camera moves left or right, which latches in different positions for various levels of shutter tension. A small button next to the lever serves to release the lens and expose the film. The camera also has an optical viewfinder and spirit level on its top, as well as a fold-down door that stores the lens on its front.