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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Camera - Griffiths Guinea Detective

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c. 1900

Subcollections

Overview

A Walter Griffiths & Co. Guinea Detective Camera, 1891. Detective camera disguised as a carry case

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.201

Item type

Objects

Themes

Material

Cardboard

Glass

Metal

Width

123 mm

Height or length

170 mm

Depth

240 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Marked to inside 'Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, Walter Griffiths, Highgate Square, Birmingham' .

Keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY

Year

Last modified

Friday, 5 January, 2024

Completeness

83

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