My grandfather's "selfie" (circa 1898)

When I was about 8 years old, I'd often ask my granddad, "Tell me about the olden days." He would always answer, "Well, let's bring out the photo albums."

When I saw this photo, I remember saying, "Granddad! That's YOU in the mirror!" He laughed and said, "Well, I wanted to do some experiments."

Thank you, everybody, for talking about scanning old photos. My brother was able to do this for me.

Does anybody know what kind of camera this is?