Dr Julius Neubronner’s Miniature Pigeon Camera

In 1903 Dr Julius Neubronner patented a miniature pigeon camera activated by a timing mechanism. The invention brought him international notability after he presented it at international expositions in Dresden, Frankfurt and Paris in 1909–1911. Spectators in Dresden could watch the arrival of the camera-equipped carrier pigeons, and the photos were immediately developed and turned into postcards which could be purchased.














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3 Responses to Dr Julius Neubronner’s Miniature Pigeon Camera

  1. Darcey on 11th January 2012 at 3:13 am

    All of the pigeons wearing cameras in these pictures are dead… and I don’t mean now, I mean they were dead when the pictures were taken… they’re stuffed. As a taxidermist and pigeon fancier who has mounted many pigeon skins, I can tell.

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      adam on 11th January 2012 at 10:59 am

      Yes I think you are right, definitely for the 2nd and 3rd photographs. The 2nd photo seems to be a cut out from a pigeon mounted on a board – perhaps this same one here http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavenderglove/5218204117/ from a photo featured in an exhibition at Bletchley Park.

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