A Rare 'Long Tom' Camera as Used by W G Vanderson at Fox Photos Agency, London. Based on a half-plate Thornton Pickard reflex camera and fitted with a Tessar 40cm f4.5 lens (rear thread approx 12cm diameter). Focal plane shutter working but slow/intermittent/sticky. Tessar lens is fitted with a large yellow filter (unable to remove). Provenance; Bob White Collection. See article on press cameras by Bob White in Photographica World 2017. Also available on-line at https://tinyurl.com/y5p6ztg2. Provenance: The Bob White Collection.