Book from 60s or 70s, had a tennis ball pinhole camera in it (I think?)

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Hello folks.

Long shot, I know, but back ~1994, I read through all of my junior high's photography books. I seem to remember most of them were published in the 60s or 70s. One book talked about making a pinhole camera out of a tennis ball (I think?).

Does anyone have any idea what book this might have been. Unfortunately, GoodReads didn't exist back then, so I don't have a record of any of the book titles, but that is one book I would like to reread.

Anyone?
 

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Have you tried the Internet Archive?
They have a pretty big library of free books on there.
 
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Have you tried the Internet Archive?
They have a pretty big library of free books on there.

I've tried that, I've tried searching my land-grant university library, I've tried used bookstores and just hoping to find old books. Problem is, this is the only detail I can remember from the book.
 
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Could it be Eric Renner's book?

Don't think so. If I remember correctly, this was one section in a book, but the book wasn't focused on pinhole cameras. (I appreciate you helping me think through this, by the way. Thank you so much. Plus, I just added another book to my to-read pile. Ha!)
 
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