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OBJECT TYPE: PLATE/BELLOWS
DATE: 1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0878.001

MANUFACTURER: Gandolfi & Sons Camera Makers
MODEL: 5X7
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Body is cuban mahogany, aged since 1930. Leather bellows. Cloth lined satin brass fittings. Glass focusing screen.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Height: 31.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Gandolfi
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: To capture an image on light-sensitive material by allowing light to travelthrough a small opening into a dark chamber.
Technical: Takes 5x7” exposures on sheet film. Most parts of thevcamera were hand made by the Gandolfi family. The Gandolfi brothers were two of the last few people making fine wooden cameras in the old tradition. Their family had been making cameras since 1910.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ONE SINGLE WHITE PLATE 'GANDOLFI/ MAKERS LONDON'
Missing: No
Finish: Wood is finished with a polished satin lustre, as is the brass. Leather bellows are black.
Decoration: N/A

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Gandolfi & Sons Camera Makers, Camera, 1979, Artifact no. 1979.0878, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0878.001/

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