| Margate Jetty |
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The camera obscura on the Jetty at
Margate England was listed in this location by 1898. The sign on
the side reads "Beautiful Effects Caused by Reflection" "Charge
Two Pence". The card on the left is one of four postcards
of Margate in our collection. It was mailed in 1904.
On the left is a stereo card that appears to be from the same
era. The card
has suffered some water damage but camera obscura cards are so
rare
that we did not pass it up. The publisher is Henry Borton of Ramsgate
and Margate. |
| Below is a 6 1/4 inch souvenir plate of
the Jetty at Margate. In the close-up detail you can clearly see
the camera obscura peeking into the left side of the vignette. |
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| Weston-Super-Mare,
Avon England |
| Below is a green velvet plaque with a glass
print of the jetty and camera obscura at Weston-Super-Mare, Avon,
England. The plaque measures 9 1/4" X 6 1/4" and the manufacturer
is identified as Brown & Rawcliffe Ltd. The patented process
is "silvergraph". The close-up below shows an admission of 1d. |
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| Swansea, Mumbles
Pier, Wales |
| The postcard below is a Tuck "Tintopho" postcard. It
was mailed from Swansea, Wales in 1905. The small camera obscura
building can be seen beside the entrance to the pier. |
In the enlarged scan on the right the signs read
"Camera Obscura, Beautiful Scenery, Real Living Pictures, Only
One Penny"
on the roof and "Camera Obscura, Everybody Pleased, Grand Coloured
Scenery..." on the side.
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Additional lost UK camera obscuras are shown on the page Other
Lost UK Camera Obscuras in our Collection. |
