George Roberts TT Photographer's Camera
Date made: C1930
Description: Rollieflex No 45620 camera made by Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, 1930s. In leather carry case with shoulder strap. The ground glass screen in the viewfinder has been marked in pencil with a grid (reticule).
Belonged to George albert Victor ROBERTS (d.Sept 2003 aged 95) and used by him to photograph Tourist Trophy Races in the 1930s.
Measurements: overall: 12 x 9.5 x 15 cm
Materials: cotton, glass, leather, metal: iron, copper alloy, plated, nickel, zinc, aluminium, paint: other, paper, cardboard, plastic: phenolic, cellulose nitrate/ acetate, wood, wool
Object name: camera and case
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 2004-0014