[CAMERAS]. The Special Patent Stereo Camera. Ca 1890.

J. Lancaster & Son. Birmingham, England, ca 1890. The Special (Patented) Camera was manufactured by J. Lancaster & Son from approximately 1888 to 1894. It was a high quality, portable, brass-bound, half-plate camera constructed of mahogany with wine-red leather bellows. This lovely camera is a rare stereo version of “The Special Patent” and features Lancaster’s brass half-plate lenses. The monocular lens is Lancaster’s Patent Rectigraph. The internal stereo septum is intact.

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[CAMERAS]. The Special Patent Stereo Camera. Ca 1890.

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