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Identifier
MPE-P-003-19_side_view_of_the Akeley_camera
Subject—Names
Akeley, Carl Ethan
Subject—Topics
Motion picture equipment; Motion picture cameras
Date Range
ca. 1919
Description
Side view of the Akeley Camera. Original print with notes on verso by Carl Louis Gregory. 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.
Format
BW photograph; 5” x 7” [original print]
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
MPE-P-003-19