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Accessories for Thornton-Pickard camera [PRG 1316/22/2] • Realia

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Summary

Front and side views of camera and exposure plate

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Physical description

Artefact (camera accessories)
41.5 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Creator

Brooker, William Charles

Subject

Photography -- Equipment and supplies

Catalogue record

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Historical information

The Thornton-Pickard company was founded by John Edward Thornton and Edgar Pickard in Manchester in 1888. The innovative "Time & Instantaneous" shutter was designed and patented by Thornton in 1892 and licensed to a number of other camera makers. After the death of Edgar Pickard, Thornton, who disliked the Pickard family, left to form the Thornton Film Company with Chrales Rothwell, a chemist who shared Thorntons interest in photography. During the First World War the Thornton-Pickard company produced a number of cameras for military use, but throughout the 1920s and 30s found it increasingly difficult to compete with cheaper imported cameras and ceased to trade in 1939.

Digitisation information

Date

12/10/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,868 x 3,575 pixels (17.4 MP)

Size

52.25 MB

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