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Photography teaching collection

The following items are part of the VCR Photography Teaching Collection. They may be reserved through Concordia Library's discovery tool, Sofia, and used for teaching and research purposes.

Photographic processes

Ambrotype of a man with an oval copper frame in a small case. Ambrotype, ca. 1850-1800
7x5 cm
heliograph of a man’s profile Heliograph (Cardinal d’Ambroise), 1826
Contemporary reproduction (2023), 11 x 7.5 cm
seven 35mm film slides spread across a surface  35 millimeter slides Kodachrome 35mm slides, 1950s-1970s
5 x 5 cm
autochrome of red poppies surrounded by greenery Autochrome glass slide, ca. 1903-1930
8x6 cm
glass lantern slide of Stokesay Castle Glass lantern slides, ca. 1860
110 glass lantern slides, 9 x 7 cm
daguerreotype of a woman with an ornate gold frame in a small case Daguerreotype, ca. 1840-1870
9 x 7 cm
a collection of four stereographs Stereograph, ca. 1890
48 stereographs, 17.5 x 9 cm
a tintype of two women standing and a man sitting Tintype, ca. 1860
9 x 7 cm

Cameras

a Brownie Starflash Camera with its original box Kodak Brownie Star Flash Outfit set, 1958-1962
14 x 11 x 6 cm
a Kodak Brownie camera from 1916 with a three-quarter view Kodak Brownie Camera, ca. 1916
No. 2A, Model B
15 x 10 x 16 cm
a Polaroid ColorPack 85 camera Polaroid Colorpack 85, 1971-1975
9 x 11 x 14 cm
a Polaroid OneStep camera Polaroid OneStep, ca. 1977
9 x 11 x 14 cm

Viewing devices

a black plastic slide viewer Lumex slide view, n.d.
8 x 5 x 4 cm
a Magic Lantern slide projector Magic Lantern projector, 19th century
20 x 8 x 16 cm
a stereograph set in a stereoscope for viewing Stereoscope, ca. 1890
9 x 18 x 32 cm
Sawyer’s View-Master stereoscope with two extra reels displayed in front of it Sawyer’s View-Master, ca. 1950
9 x 12 x 8 cm
a Singer Caramate 3300 carousel slide projector Singer Caramate 3300 slide projector, ca. 1970
20 x 18 x 20 cm
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