Climax Portrait Camera

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large field camera on wheels
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The Anthony Climax Portrait Camera was a kind of huge field camera. Maybe it should be called a mobile studio camera. In fact it was a studio camera mounted on a wheelbarrow. It coul be used for wet plate or tintype photography. It was capable of taking up to 16x16" photos.

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Dana Geraths, loading a wet plate in plate holder
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