From: "Jarrod Roll" <mclhr@centurytel.net> Subject: RE: can you ID this folding tripod? Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 13:58:18 -0600 Message-ID: <024701d6fbf9$40a0d940$c1e28bc0$@centurytel.net>
Hello Brian.
Thanks for the response. We have a box camera ca. 1900 in our
collection as well as other ca. 1900-1910 cameras (different brands and
models). However, they all have one thing in common—the
diameter of the female end to connect to a tripod. This mystery tripod
as a wider diameter male end which would never fit the threaded female
holes on the cameras (which seems to be a universal size). So, either
these tripods are for cameras and didn’t comply to the
“universal” tripod attachment size or it is not a
photography tripod at all.
Jarrod Roll
Director / County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656
608-269-8680
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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
<localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu> On Behalf Of Brian Bigler
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2021 9:59 AM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: Re: can you ID this folding tripod?
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:
Hello everyone.
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.
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
Director / County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656
608-269-8680
www.MonroeCountyHistory.org <http://www.MonroeCountyHistory.org>
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MCLHR <http://www.Facebook.com/MCLHR>
