Classified and illustrated price-list and catalogue of photographic lenses, cameras, apparatus, and materials : made, imported and sold wholesale and retail by James WQueen & Co . 52 James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia. PEERLESS DETECTIVE It has not come to be generally known, but such is the fact, thatartists of renown and shrewd detectives carry about these cameras,and pictures are secured by them for their different lines of studythrough their instrumentality in a manner which is perfectly simple—in fact, it requires no skill other than to get within the rangeof focus of the unsuspe
Classified and illustrated price-list and catalogue of photographic lenses, cameras, apparatus, and materials : made, imported and sold wholesale and retail by James WQueen & Co . 52 James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia. PEERLESS DETECTIVE It has not come to be generally known, but such is the fact, thatartists of renown and shrewd detectives carry about these cameras,and pictures are secured by them for their different lines of studythrough their instrumentality in a manner which is perfectly simple—in fact, it requires no skill other than to get within the rangeof focus of the unsuspecting victim. As the party, whether man,woman, or child, is not aware that anything unusual is trans-piring, the expression of the countenance and the pose are notarranged with reference to their appearance in a picture. A quickworking lens is hidden in the camera, and also a few pressing on a spring the whole operation of exposure is completed. It followed naturally upon the introduction of the roll-holder thatit should be applied to the Peerless Detective Camera, and this hasbeen done in a manner that displays the greatest ingenuity. Insteadof three double dry-plate holders, but one will accompany the roll*holder. Jam
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