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On it’s way to me is a Houghton Ensign Timber and brass hall plate camera. It was sold by Harrington’s in Australia . I am keen to get more information about this marque and type. I have found some links already.
Been thinking about a wooden tripod to suit but very expensive it seems.
Hoping for information about the camera etc.
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Some company history here: http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies1.html#H The info says that Ensign was registered as a trademark in 1902. You might like to look at the Sanderson models here: http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C473.html Tripods vary in price and can be found quite cheaply at auctions but shipping can be expensive.
The other organisation which may have someone looking into Houghton cameras is here: https://www.pccgb.net/members_research.html
Thanks Paul for your kind replies to my query.
Paul Kay said:
The other organisation which may have someone looking into Houghton cameras is here: https://www.pccgb.net/members_research.html
Hi,
Looking at the Wood and Brass website.
I'd take a guess at a Hougton Triple Vitco.
http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0013
Let us know when it arrives.
Tony
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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