Object number
59/317/1-7
Collection
Creator
Description
Lancaster ‘International’ camera, introduced in 1886. Belonged to Alfred J. Pool, an engineer and keen photographer from Chipstable, Somerset.
This is a Lancaster ‘International’ camera, introduced in 1886. It is a wooden plate camera with brass fittings. There is a spare lens, a plate holder, a velvet cloth, a circular plate (presumably for fixing the camera to a tripod), and three wooden tripods with brass fittings, all contained in a brown canvas bag. The camera belonged to Alfred J. Pool, an engineer and keen photographer from Chipstable, Somerset. The camera and tripods were purchased by the donor at an auction of the estate of Alfred J. Pool on his death in 1957.
Physical description
camera, lens, a plate holder, a circular plate, tripod, bag; wood, brass, glass, cloth, canvas
Archival history
Letter from MERL to Prof. W. E. Minchinton, 19 February 1965 – ‘He [Alfred J. Pool] was a general engineer at Chipstable in North Devon and he also was quite active in taking photographs between 1880 and 1900. His forebears had been craftsmen in the village. His father died in 1907 at the age of 90 and one gathers that the family did everything from wheel-wrighting to coffin making. It also appears that his grandfather and grandmother kept a shop in the village where they sold groceries and draperies, which was carried on until 1946 by Mr. Poole’s sister.’
Production place
Birmingham
Production date
1886 - 1899
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5338.tif - High resolution image
