Wonder Photo Cannon
The Wonder Photo Cannon is a magazine camera for one-inch diameter ferrotype plates, made ca. 1910 by the Chicago Ferrotype Company.[1] As the name suggests, it is cannon-shaped, and metal-bodied.[2] The plates are held in a tube under spring pressure from behind.[3] The exposed plate at the front is released through a duct into the developing tank below the camera. There are simple viewfinder sights on the top of the camera.
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p201.
- ↑ Wonder Photo Cannon sold at the November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
- ↑ US Patent 907515, filed 1908 by Louis Mandel, describing a 'cannon' camera with improvements, especially to the means of holding and positioning the plates, and of discharging them to the tank; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
