Subject: Re: can you ID this folding tripod? From: Brian Bigler <usemeum@mhtc.net> Message-ID: <d678fcfa-30c2-af6a-9920-5e231e1e278c@mhtc.net> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:58:54 -0600
Hello Jarrod
Your item is a tripod for a camera as you predicted. You may see an
example of this item on page 477 or the Sears Robuck Catalogue for 1897
Brian J. Bigler
Exhibit Designer and Museum Consultant
Mount Horeb
On 2/5/2021 9:16 AM, Jarrod Roll wrote:
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> Hello everyone.
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> I’m posting two pictures of a tripod in our collection which is a
> mystery to us. It is made of wood with metal hardware. It also has a
> threaded piece in the top which can unscrew. The photos below show it
> partially unfolded. The full height is closer to 3.5 feet.
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> While we suspect it is either a folding tripod for a turn of the
> century box camera, or a tripod for some field surveying equipment, we
> need some confirmation. So, please reply if you know for certain what
> this is. We’d be most appreciative. J
>
> Jarrod Roll
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> Director / County Historian
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