The most interesting feature is a shutter mounted inside a highly polished mahogany lens board. Turning a brass knob below the lens to either the right or left tensions the shutter. The shutter blade has a small arrow engraved on it to remind the photographer which direction to turn the shutter tensioning knob.
The concealed-shutter lens board is a marvelous piece of craftsmanship beveled edges and brass hardware. This particular camera is similar to the Pony Premo E by the Rochester Optical Company.
Concealed-shutter folding-plate cameras are somewhat scarce compared to others with external lens/shutter assemblies. This was possibly due to the amount of laborious "hand-fitting" required to assemble the shutter inside the polished lensboard and that the shutter was very limited -- having only one speed.
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