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Identifier
MPE-P-015-03_LePrince_Camera_1887
Creation Date
1886
Subject—Names
Le Prince 16 lens Camera
Subject—Topics
Motion picture equipment; Motion picture cameras
Date Range
1886-1887
Description
The Le Prince 16 lens Camera (interior), 1886. 47862 in lower right corner. [Made by Louis le Prince (1842-1890?) in Paris. This camera took a series of pictures using 16 independent shutters, fired in sequence. The camera was probably only operated with a single glass plate, limiting the sequence to 16 images, although the patent outlines a complex mechanism involving two moving paper films.]
Format
BW photography; 8” x 10”
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
MPE-P-015-03