The camera which Spurstow destroyed in the end of Kipling's narrative captured something not only terrifying but beyond belief, yet completely unknown to the reader. Pictured here is a magazine advertisement for a Pocket Kodak camera in 1895, likely the closest resemblance to Hummil's camera.

McClure's Magazine 1895. File:Pocket Kodak Camera Advert (McClure's Magazine 1895).jpg. Image. Wikimedia Commons, 1895, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Pocket_Kodak_Camera_Advert_(McClure%27s_Magazine_1895).jpg&oldid=672323815. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025

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1. "At the End of the Passage," Kipling ~ Gallery Exhibit
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