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OBJECT TYPE: INTERNAL PROCESSING
DATE: 1936
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1172.001

MANUFACTURER: PHOTO-SEE CORP.
MODEL: PHOTO SEE A
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: EXTERIOR COVERING- CARDBOARD & PLASTIC/ BODY- CARDBOARD/ DEVELOPING TANK- PLASTIC & METAL/ LENS HOUSING- METAL/ SHUTTER HOUSING- CARDBOARD & METAL/ LENS- GLASS/ VIEWFINDER- METAL/ BACK- PLASTIC & METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.0 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Height: 10.8 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: PHOTO SEE
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1936
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO RECORD STILL IMAGES
Technical: ONE OF FIRST, ALTHOUGH UNSUCCESSFUL, COMMERCIAL VENTURES INTO MASS MARKET FOR "INSTANT" PICTURES. IT WAS INVENTED BY HERMAN CASLER BUT THE VIEWFINDER WAS INSTALLED IN REVERSE AND THE COMPANY NEVER PRINTEDINSTRUCTIONS, OR SOLD THE CAMERAS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MODEL & MFR'S NAME ENGRAVED, BLOCK PRINT, BLACK IN INTERIOR OF CAMERA ON METAL AND ON DEVELOPING TANK/ 'PHOTO-SEE' RAISED, BLOCK PRINT, SILVER ABOVE LENS HOUSING
Missing: DEVELOPER, BLEACHER, CLEARER & TONER
Finish: EXTERIOR FINISHING- BLACK & SILVER/ LENS HOUSING- BLACK/ SHUTTER HOUSING- BLACK/ DEVELOPING TANK- BLACK/ BODY- BLACK/ BACK- BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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PHOTO-SEE CORP., Camera, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1981.1172, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1172.001/

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