camera

Wetplate Tailboard Camera, c.1860s
6-1/2" high x 4-1/4" wide x 8" long. The "outrigger" support is an unusual construction detail for a camera of this size.

Chambre De Voyage, c.1890s

6-1/2" high x 5" wide x 9" long. Construction is purely "no-frills," a primitive model with a fixed lens board, simple unmarked meniscus lens, and fixed (non-rotating) bellows. The wood has a golden oak finish
Chambre De Voyage (French for "field camera") is a generic reference for a common style of field view camera sold in France from the 1890s to the 1930s. It is also known as a "Continental-styled View Camera" or simply "Continental View."

Popular on the European continent, the majority of these cameras had the same basic features ranging from simple to elaborate.

The 1888 Patent "Le Merveilleux"

J. Lancaster & Son

Bullard Folding Magazine Camera, Series B, c.1898