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Identifier
MPE-P-003-23_film_gate_Akeley_Camera
Subject—Names
Akeley, Carl Ethan
Subject—Topics
Motion picture equipment; Motion picture cameras
Date Range
ca. 1919
Description
Film gate of the Akeley Camera. One of 84 photos printed for the Akeley Camera Company, 244-250 W. 49th St., New York, circa 1919. A highly mobile motion picture camera for capturing wildlife, invented by Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926) and manufactured by his company. Original print with notes on verso by Carl Louis Gregory.
Format
BW photograph; 5” x 7” [original print]
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
MPE-P-023-01