Camera, Aerial, Roscoe Turner, Appareil 13x18-260 Modele 1916, French

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Object Details

Physical Description

Black metal with handles and wooden drawer in bottom (film holder). No lens.

Summary

Air racer and showman Roscoe Turner probably acquired this French camera when he was a balloon pilot in the Aviation Section in France in 1918-19. The hand-held camera was used to take promotional aerial photographs of Turner's 1920s barnstorming act and to take commercial photographs by aiming over the side of an open-cockpit airplane.

Credit Line

Donated by the Estate of Roscoe Turner

Inventory Number

A19730912000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Photographic

Country of Origin

France

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Location

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

Hangar

Boeing Aviation Hangar

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f662f66d-ab76-43de-9d17-ffff00967d3d

Record ID

nasm_A19730912000