discounted for sale BOX CAMERA ANTIQUE ADLAKE ADAMS & WESTLAKE REGULAR c.1897 CUSTOM BIRDSEYE MAPLE
| Product Code: | 248863390 |
| Availability: | In Stock |
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$111
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$111
Item specifics
Seller notes
“CUSTOM, ONE-OF-A-KIND 123 year-old Antique Adlake (Adams & Westlake) Regular (Early Model) c. 1897, ...
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“CUSTOM, ONE-OF-A-KIND 123 year-old Antique Adlake (Adams & Westlake) Regular (Early Model) c. 1897, completely refinished with a new Birdseye Maple veneer covering. This is a manual plate changing camera, and although it looks like a magazine camera, it holds up to 12 steel plateholders inside the top door compartment behind the focal plane. These plateholders are manually inserted into a slot behind the focal plane and the top door is closed. The lever on the side of the camera under the handle opens the front of the plateholder for exposure. Made in 3 ¼ʺ x 4 ¼ʺ and 4ʺ x 5ʺ sizes, this camera uses the 4ʺ x 5ʺ size plates, with 6 plates included. Unlike the later versions of the Regular, this earlier model has no brass escutcheon around the plate changing lever nor the shutter release, nor are the upper viewfinder rims embossed with the company name. Later models have the distinctive round brass shutter housing, whereas this model has an internal guillotine shutter system...”
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Model
BOX CAMERA ADLAKE ADAMS & WESTLAKE REGULAR
Modified Item
Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Color
Brown Birdseye Maple Wood
Modification Description
Artist customized with Birdseye Maple wood
Brand
ADLAKE
UPC
Does not apply
