MAMMOTH and the ...
If cameras had existed at the time of Lemuel Gulliver’s travels, the one on the left would have been most suitable for photographing the towering Brobdingnagians, while the other (below) would have been ideal for the Lilliputians.
The “Mammoth,” as it was known, is reputed to have been the world’s largest camera, measuring more than 4 m (13 ft) in length and weighing 635 kg (14001 b when loaded with its 226 kg (500 lb) glass plate.
The camera was designed in the late 1890 s to produce a full-length photograph of a luxury train operated by the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company in the mid-west of the United States. The camera was used only once—then, like its namesake, it vanished. The photograph it made measured 1.4 m by 2.4 m (4 ft 6 in by 8 ft) and was awarded the Grand Prize of the World at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
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Press, 20 July 1977, Page 5
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