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OBJECT TYPE: MODERN ROLLFILM
DATE: 1938–1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1115.001

MANUFACTURER: Universal Camera Corp.
MODEL: MERCURY CC
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 011533
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: EXTERIOR COVERING- LEATHER,METAL & ALUMINUM/ BODY- ALUMINUM, METAL/ EXPOSURE CALCULATOR- METAL/ LENS HOUSING- METAL/ SHUTTER HOUSING- METAL/ LENS- GROUND GLASS/ VIEWFINDER- METAL FRAME, GROUND GLASS/ EXTINCTION LIGHT METER- METAL, ALUMINUM & GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.7 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Height: 8.4 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: Universal Camera
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO RECORD STILL IMAGES
Technical: "ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL 35MM DESIGNS TO APPEAR IN THE 30'S" (LAHVE, KALTON C., THE AMERICAN 35MM)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S NAME PAINTED SILVER, BLOCK PRINT ON EXPOSURE CALCULATOR; EMBOSSED, SLANT PRINT, BLACK, ON INSIDE BACK OF CAMERA; ENGRAVED, BLACK IN BLOCK PRINT ON METAL ON FRONT OF BODY/ 'UNIVEX' RAISED, SILVER, BLOCK PRINT, ON FRONT OF EXTINCTION LIGHT METER/ 'UNIVEX--MERCURY MODEL CO.' PAINTED, SCRIPT, ORIGINALLY SILVER AND NOW LIGHT GREEN, ON EXPOSURE CALCULATOR
Missing: N/A
Finish: EXTERIOR FINISHING, BODY- BLACK & SILVER/ LENS HOUSING- BLACK/ SHUTTER HOUSING- SILVER & BLACK/ EXTINCTION LIGHT METER- SILVER, YELLOW, CLEAR/ EXPOSURE CALCULATOR- BLACK & SILVER
Decoration: N/A

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Universal Camera Corp., Camera, between 1938–1942, Artifact no. 1981.1115, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1115.001/

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