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Teodoro '''Murer''' was a camera designer based in Milan, Italy, who made cameras with a company called '''Duroni'''. They sold cameras under the names Murer and Salex. In Sweden, the cameras were sold by [[Hasselblad]], and in France by [[Gaumont]]<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/murer&duroninewnessc1900 the Tomei's site]</ref>. The Duroni company was founded by Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), c.1835-36, as an optical instrument dealer<ref>[http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2009/12/10/murer-duroni/ Storia della Fotografia]</ref>; Murer joined the company in c.1892. | Teodoro '''Murer''' was a camera designer based in Milan, Italy, who made cameras with a company called '''Duroni'''. They sold cameras under the names Murer and Salex. In Sweden, the cameras were sold by [[Hasselblad]], and in France by [[Gaumont]]<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/murer&duroninewnessc1900 the Tomei's site]</ref>. The Duroni company was founded by Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), c.1835-36, as an optical instrument dealer<ref>[http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2009/12/10/murer-duroni/ Storia della Fotografia]</ref>; Murer joined the company in c.1892. | ||
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===Cameras<ref>from {{McKeown}} p.704 and web searches; list needs work</ref>=== | ===Cameras<ref>from {{McKeown}} p.704 and web searches; list needs work</ref>=== | ||
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* Murer's Express | * Murer's Express | ||
* Muro (folder, 1914) | * Muro (folder, 1914) | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 7 January 2011
Teodoro Murer was a camera designer based in Milan, Italy, who made cameras with a company called Duroni. They sold cameras under the names Murer and Salex. In Sweden, the cameras were sold by Hasselblad, and in France by Gaumont[1]. The Duroni company was founded by Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), c.1835-36, as an optical instrument dealer[2]; Murer joined the company in c.1892.
There are a number of albumen photographs in galleries credited to Murer & Duroni as photographers[3]. Since the original Duroni had died before Murer arrived, this credit must be to the company or a later Duroni. Alessandro Duroni himself has a number of photos credited, including of Guiseppe Garibaldi and Vittorio Emmanuele II, King of Italy 1861-78.
Cameras[4]
- Blitz
- Murer's Express
- Muro (folder, 1914)
- Express Newness A, Sl, G and H (box, c.1900)
- Folding plate focal plane stut folders
- Piccolo (tapered box, c.1900)
- Reflex (6.5x9cm SLR, c.1920s)
- Salex Murer Miniature Folding Camera
- SL (Box, c.1900)
- SL Special
- Sprite
- Stereo
- Stereo SL Special
- Stereo Box
- Stereo Reflex (plate stereo SLR)
- UF (strut folder, c.1910)
- UP-M (strut folder, c.1924)
References
- ↑ the Tomei's site
- ↑ Storia della Fotografia
- ↑ e.g. at the National Portrait Gallery in London and on the Storia della Fotofrafia site {Italian}
- ↑ from McKeown p.704 and web searches; list needs work
Links
- 1922 Murer camera at the Oxford Museum of the History of Science
- Murer & Duroni's Murer Express camera by Elisabetta & L. David Tomei
- Murer & Duroni falling-plate camera
- Photo of Murer & Duroni Blitz Camera and read view on Flickr by Bike/camera guy
- Photos by Duroni on Wikimedia commons.
- Muro camera at Kurt Tauber's site
