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Identifier
MPE-P-004-08_Akeley_Camera_lens
Subject—Names
Akeley, Carl Ethan
Subject—Topics
Motion picture equipment; Motion picture cameras; Lens
Date Range
ca. 1919
Description
Akeley Camera lens. From a group of 15 contact prints showing various parts of the Akeley Camera, Akeley Camera Company, 244-250 W. 49th St., New York, ca. 1919 This is a highly mobile motion picture camera for capturing wildlife, invented by Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926) and manufactured by his company.
Format
BW photographs; 4” x 5”
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
MPE-P-004-08