Her fame as a film star has faded as her career never got out of the silent era.  She never spoke a line in a sound film. Yet in her day she was considered as huge a star as Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.

Theda married Charles Brabin, a director who's career spanned over thirty years and more then 70 feature films. She stopped making films and faded from the public eye. She lived well and she lived to a good age and died wealthy. Not many stars from any era have managed to do that.

This camera is in excellent condition and is a working camera that will shoot today. Cosmetically it is in very nice condition. This was a working camera and no shelf queen. It is a 'Seasoned Campaigner'. The value of this particular camera lies is in it's historical uniqueness. It's exceedingly rare that any camera can be traced to it's original owner. There is a color copy of the original sales slip with the camera. The original sales slip still exists and is in a museum in Chicago. Cameras with provenance are quite rare.

This is a photograph of the movement of this very rare Tropical Williamson. The patent date on this camera is 1908 and can be seen in the picture above. The patent number is 21787-08. The "-08" is the year of the patent.