| Aiken, South Carolina |
1996 |
At the Dupont Planetarium.
Uses diaphragm in window to project a "pinhole" image onto inside
of dome. |
| Altadena, California |
1997 |
Privately owned by G.T.Keene.
6" f15 lens. 17" mirror. Screen 2ft across. Used for astronomy with High
Power Viewer. |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan |
1999 |
In "The Ann Arbor Hands-On
Museum". Lens 6" air-spaced achromat 90"fl. 30" screen. Currently not working,
in storage. |
| Boston, Massachusetts |
? |
"The Wonderful CAMERA
OBSCURA Or Nature's Magic Mirror", Rear of B & M Depot. Adult.10c.
[From small card] |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1956 - mid "70s |
At "Rock City" on
Lookout Mountain. At "Lovers" Leap", 1700 ft above valley
floor. By Floyd Jennings. |
| Colorado Springs |
1951 - 1992 |
At High Point House, "Garden
of the Gods", Pike's Peak. 13" f12 singlet. 5ft screen. By Floyd.Jennings. |
| Coney Island, New York |
1880s |
West Brighton. Janton's
Georama & Camera Obscura. From a trade card in the Wilgus Collection.
Adults 10¢ Children 5¢. |
| Greenport, New York |
1997 |
Semi-portable. By John Serkin.
2" f39 simple lens. Screen 4ft across. Mirror 5" x 3 1/4 " fixed at 45°. A new permanent municipal camera obscura has recently been erected here. |
| Harvard |
1765 |
A book-form camera obscura,
made in London but now at Harvard University. |
| Ithaca, New York |
1999 |
Walk-in camera obscura at The
Sciencenter. Route 13. |
| Long Island City, New York |
late 1940s |
In clothes closet with access
to the roof. 5" f29 lens and 8" mirror. By Charles Cuevas. |
| Long Island, New York |
1999 |
Pinhole camera obscura in room
at Orient Point overlooking Long Island Sound. Used to make photographs. |
| Los Angeles, California |
c1953 & c1980 |
At the Griffith Observatory.
Simple 10" objective, fl 3m. No mirror. Relocated to another room in c1980. |
| Nevada |
1994 |
In Black Rock Desert at "Burning
Man Festival". Temporary camera obscura in a pyramidal structure. |
| New York, New York |
c1870 |
In Central Park in an a typical
polygonal building on a platform reached by about a dozen steps. |
| Philadelphia, New Jersey |
c1870 |
In Fairmont Park. In a typical,
polygonal building on a plinth. |
| Portland, Maine |
1994 |
By Eastman Kodak. In the "Children's Museum". 12" lens (stopped to 7.128") f25. No altitude adjust. |
| Riverside, California |
1989? |
At the California Museum of
Photography at the Uni. of California. Lens is an optician's blank.
Fixed view-no mirror. |
| Rochester, New York |
1950s |
By Wm Crosby. Using a 3" lens. |
| San Francisco, California |
1949 |
At Cliff House, Point Lobos.
8" doublet f19. 10" mirror. 5 1/2 ft screen. Redesigned [in early 1970s
?]. |
| Santa Monica, California |
1899 |
North Beach (1899); Palisades
Park (early 1900s); Senior Recreation Centre (1955). Mirror & lens
used. |
| Tucson, Arizona |
1997 |
Various "live projections"
set up at the University, "Centre of Creative Photography". Using
lenses. By R.Torchia. |
| Coney Island |
post 1876 |
Moved to Coney Island from
the Philadelphia Exposition (q.v.) |
| New York |
1999 |
8"lens, 12 1/2 ft FL, 12" mirror,
15º FOV, 42" screen, focus ? to 400 ft. Made by George Keene, owned
by Charles Schwartz. |
| Philadelphia |
1876 |
At the Philadelphia Exposition.
Moved afterwards to Coney Island. (q.v.) |
| Philadelphia |
1997 |
By R.Torchia. Various "pinholes"
and lenses set up in the old cells of the, closed, Eastern State Penitentiary. |
| San Francisco |
1998 |
Uses rivet-hole in SF-Oakland
Bridge to project image of Bay area into dark enclosure. |
| San Francisco |
1989 |
Privately-owned by P.Williams
on Telegraph Hill. Built by P.Drew in roof of house. 6" f30 lens. 46" screen. |
| Niagara Falls, Canada &
USA |
c1860 |
There were camera obscuras
located at the banks of both the Canadian and American Falls. |
| North America, Unidentified |
Late 1800s ? |
A stereo-card exists showing
a typical camera obscura, somewhere in North America-prices are in cents. |
