Photograph
Three Men Photographed with a Concealed Vest Camera
| An image of three men taken with a Stirn Concealed Vest Pocket Camera. The #1 Detective Camera held a 14cm round glass plate for making six 4cm wide round exposures. The camera could be hidden in a vest pocket and the lens peeked through the button hole. This led to the popular name "buttonhole camera." They were also called a detective camera, spy camera and vest pocket camera. |
| Image ID: | 114757 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1886 |
| Creator Name: | Hanks, Stanley Charles |
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| Collection Name: | Stanley C. Hanks Madison, Wisconsin, history photograph collection, circa 1850s-1985 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | interpositive |
| Original Format Number: | (X2)20208 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 3 inches |
| For the full glass plate negative, See Image ID: 119883. |
| Trees |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Neighborhoods |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Cameras |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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