Darkroom/Accessories Home

It takes more than just a camera to make a photograph - lenses control light and perspective, meters determine exposure length, bottles hold development chemistry,  lanterns provide safe darkroom light levels, wooden contact frames hold negatives and printing paper together. 

Here is a sampling of these items from the dawn of the 20th century and before that aided the early photographer in capturing and making the perfect image:

 

19th Century

Early 20th Century

Two brass barrel portrait lenses: 
Holmes, Booth, & Haydens, circa 1850s-1870s,
Fowler & Slater, circa 1870s-1880s

E. Anthony Collodion Developer Bottle, 1860-1865

Blasius & Sons Darkroom Lantern, late-1800s

Kodak Kerosene Darkroom Lantern (large), circa 1895

Eastman Kodak Chemistry Bottles, 1895-1920

Kerosene Darkroom Safelights, 1895-1905

French Mineral Oil Darkroom Lantern, early 1900s

Candle Darkroom Safelights, early 1900s

Watkins 'Bee' Exposure Meter, early 1900s

Ansco H-M Developer Tin, early 1900s

Eastman Kodak Five-Gallon Earthenware Jug, 1900-1910

Eastman Kodak Brownie Developing Box, 1905-1915

The Kodak Film Tank System, 1907-1920

Eastman Kodak Accessory Portrait Attachments
in Original Packaging, early 1900s

An Assortment of Kodak Chemistry, early 1900s

Miscellaneous Darkroom items, early 1900s

Eastman Kodak Photo Chemistry Beakers, 1900s

 

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