Camera, Aerial, Roscoe Turner, Appareil 13x18-260 Modele 1916, French
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Air racer and showman Roscoe Turner probably acquired this French camera when he was a balloon pilot in the Aviation Section in France in 1918-19. The hand-held camera was used to take promotional aerial photographs of Turner's 1920s barnstorming act and to take commercial photographs by aiming over the side of an open-cockpit airplane.
Country of Origin
France
Type
EQUIPMENT-Photographic
Physical Description
Black metal with handles and wooden drawer in bottom (film holder). No lens.
Inventory Number
A19730912000
Credit Line
Donated by the Estate of Roscoe Turner
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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