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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35MM
- DATE
- 1935–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0824.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Federal Mfg. & Engineering Corp.
- MODEL
- FED
- LOCATION
- Karkov, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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General Information
- Serial #
- 77627
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER COVERED/ METAL BODY/ GLASS LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.9 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Federal
- Country
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Karkov
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF CAMERA POPULAR MID-1930S +
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES - Technical
-
FED MODEL 1 WAS COPY OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LEICA II D (1932): ACCORDING TO JAMES MCKEOWN "...THE FED WAS THE EARLIEST SUCCESSFUL LEICA COPY, AND THE ONLY ONE ACHIEVING ANY MEASURE OF SUCCESS BEFORE WW 11". IT IS FITTED WITH STANDARD (FOR THIS MODEL) FED F3.5 LENS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MODEL NAME ENGRAVED ON LENS BOARD/ NAME AND PLACE OF MFR. ENGRAVED ON TOP. Serialnumber "No 77627" incised on camera body, above accessory shoe.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- BLACK PEBBLED LEATHER BODY/ BRUSHED ALUMINUM TOP & BOTTOM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Federal Mfg. & Engineering Corp., Camera, between 1935–1939, Artifact no. 1981.0824, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0824.001/
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