A Henry Jasper Redfern Half Plate Mahogany Field Camera
1898, with Unmarked f/8 brass lens, in Thornton-Pickard shutter, body, G-VG, shutter not working, lens, G, some light internal marks; Redfern had two premises in Sheffield, his showrooms at 55-57 Surrey Street, and his 'Works and Studios' at 104-106 Norfolk Street. In Sheffield, Redfern, with Frank Mottershaw, the founder of the Sheffield Photo Co., first made outdoor films near the city centre, and later built a studio on Hanover Street where, about 1905 and for less than £100, they made a very successful film entitled 'A Daylight Robbery', featuring the local fire brigade as a gang of mounted robbers.
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1898, with Unmarked f/8 brass lens, in Thornton-Pickard shutter, body, G-VG, shutter not working, lens, G, some light internal marks; Redfern had two premises in Sheffield, his showrooms at 55-57 Surrey Street, and his 'Works and Studios' at 104-106 Norfolk Street. In Sheffield, Redfern, with Frank Mottershaw, the founder of the Sheffield Photo Co., first made outdoor films near the city centre, and later built a studio on Hanover Street where, about 1905 and for less than £100, they made a very successful film entitled 'A Daylight Robbery', featuring the local fire brigade as a gang of mounted robbers.