Thornton Pickard Limit Analogue camera

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Brand Thornton-Pickard Mfg. Co., Model/Type Limit, Physical condition: Good, Functional condition: Not tested, Estimated period: 1910–1920.

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Camera Limit
Produced by Thornton-Pickard Mfg. Co., Altrincham.
Format 6 x 9 cm, body in black painted metal with nickel finishes, frosted glass for focusing, a shutter on the focal plane, and a Pat No 6283 . 12 lens.

The Limit Vest Pocket camera is the subject of British patent no. 12607 of May 25, 1911. This patent derives from no. 26,186, associated with the Snappa camera, but the drawings and specifications closely match the Limit model.
The patent describes a camera in which the lens is mounted on a series of concentric tubes, equipped with a shutter curtain and lens mount. A modified version allowed shooting only when the camera was fully extended.

In the 1913 BJPA, the camera was described as "an extremely simple type of Vest Pocket, very popular today."

Reference book
British Journal Photographic Almanac 1913, pp. 725-726.

Camera Limit
Produced by Thornton-Pickard Mfg. Co., Altrincham.
Format 6 x 9 cm, body in black painted metal with nickel finishes, frosted glass for focusing, a shutter on the focal plane, and a Pat No 6283 . 12 lens.

The Limit Vest Pocket camera is the subject of British patent no. 12607 of May 25, 1911. This patent derives from no. 26,186, associated with the Snappa camera, but the drawings and specifications closely match the Limit model.
The patent describes a camera in which the lens is mounted on a series of concentric tubes, equipped with a shutter curtain and lens mount. A modified version allowed shooting only when the camera was fully extended.

In the 1913 BJPA, the camera was described as "an extremely simple type of Vest Pocket, very popular today."

Reference book
British Journal Photographic Almanac 1913, pp. 725-726.

Details

Era
1900-2000
Brand
Thornton Pickard
Model/ type nr
Limit
Physical condition
Good
Functional condition
Not tested
Estimated Period
1910-1920
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