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− | The '''Boston Camera Manufacturing Company''' was founded by Samuel N. Turner. | + | {{Flickr image |
+ | | image_source=http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwe_kulick/2796925841/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
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+ | | image_text=No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special | ||
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+ | }}The '''Boston Camera Manufacturing Company''' was founded by Samuel N. Turner. He applied for a patent on rolls of paper-backed film in 1892 and received it in 1895. He developed the '''Bulls Eye''' box cameras with integrated rollfilm holder and red [[red window|bulls eye]] as means of exposure counting. The cameras were even sold in Europe through the London office of [[Blair]], another Boston camera maker. Both camera makers were bought by [[Kodak]] in the 1890s. | ||
==Cameras== | ==Cameras== | ||
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* [[No. 2 Bulls-Eye]] | * [[No. 2 Bulls-Eye]] | ||
+ | * [[No. 2 Bulls-Eye|No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special]] | ||
* No. 3 Bulls-Eye | * No. 3 Bulls-Eye | ||
* No. 4 Bulls-Eye | * No. 4 Bulls-Eye | ||
* No. 4 Bulls-Eye Special | * No. 4 Bulls-Eye Special | ||
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− | *[ | + | ==Links== |
+ | *[https://patents.google.com/patent/US539713A/en?oq=US539713A Patent US539713 on paper-backed rollfilm for Samuel N. Turner of Boston, Massachusetts.] on [https://patents.google.com Google patent search] | ||
+ | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20060104091052/http://www.boxcameras.com/bullet-bullseye.html Comparison of Boston Bulls-Eye & Eastman Bullet cameras] on [http://web.archive.org/web/20081026104006/http://www.boxcameras.com/ BoxCameras.com] via [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine] | ||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||
[[Category:Camera makers]] | [[Category:Camera makers]] |
Latest revision as of 04:46, 25 May 2023
No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special (Image rights) |
The Boston Camera Manufacturing Company was founded by Samuel N. Turner. He applied for a patent on rolls of paper-backed film in 1892 and received it in 1895. He developed the Bulls Eye box cameras with integrated rollfilm holder and red bulls eye as means of exposure counting. The cameras were even sold in Europe through the London office of Blair, another Boston camera maker. Both camera makers were bought by Kodak in the 1890s.
Cameras
- No. 2 Bulls-Eye
- No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special
- No. 3 Bulls-Eye
- No. 4 Bulls-Eye
- No. 4 Bulls-Eye Special