Chronik Brothers Wood Hand Crank 35mm Movie Camera (c.1909) - SOLD

Chronik Brothers Wood Hand Crank 35mm Movie Camera (c.1909)

SOLD

This camera is very large, bigger than a Parvo, extremely rare and cranks and runs smoother than any I have ever seen. Adorned with heavy Brass all over the camera! Superb!

Item Includes

• Dates to approximately 1909
• Possibly a prototype camera
• Camera Dimensions: 7 1/4-inches wide, 13 1/2-inches long, 8 1/2-inches tall, respectively
  
• Brass Lens: Goerz Hypar Brass Lens f3.5/1 5/8" (41mm) Lens

Dating the Camera

Chronik Brothers, in New York City, was a manufacturing company that made precision instruments which included a Pre-1900 motion picture projector (c.1899), as well as thread-counting scales for the textile industry. We think this camera was manufactured approximately in 1909 based on a black-and-white photograph of an identical Chronik camera, which was dated 1909. It's very possible that this is a prototype camera only and not manufactured en mass.