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Camera - Curt Bentzin, circa 1910

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

circa 1910

Photographic camera and tripod, about 1910. Comes with a leather case and several small accessories: 4 lens attachments in brown leather cases, 1 dark slide and 5 double dark slides. Camera manufactured by Curt Bentzin in Gorlitz, Germany. Lenses manufactured by Carl Zeiss in Jena, Germany. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd., Parkville, Victoria.

Concertina bellows and winding mechanism.

Evidence at a glance

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Identification

Candidate id
mv-288472
Museum object number
HT 2823
Source note
Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.

Catalogue references

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