General Information

Serial #

2917

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE GLASS LENSES & SCREEN, AND SYNTHETIC FITTINGS

Dimensions

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

Length

70.0 cm

Width

66.0 cm

Height

157.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS UNIT USED BETWEEN 1945 - C. 1986

Canada

TYPICAL FILM READER USED IN CANADA IN THE 1940S-1950S.

Function

TO MAGNIFY IMAGES & TEXT RECORDED ON MICROFILM

Technical

MODEL CWAS THE MOST USED 35MM FILM READER AMONG ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS & LIBRARIES. NOTED FOR VERSATILITY WITH VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION & USE OF 16MM OR 35MM FILM

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE ON UNIT TOP READS: 'RECORDAK/ LIBRARY FILM READER/ MODEL C/ MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY/ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ FOR ITS SUBSIDIARY/ RECORDAK CORPORATION/ NEW YORK, N.Y./ [PATENT LIST]/ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ USE ONLY FILM MARKED 'SAFETY'/ 100-125 VOLTS 250 WATTS/ NO. 2917'/ DECAL APPLIED TO TOP RIGHT READS: 'KODAK CANADA LTD./ CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT/ SERVICES DIVISION/ [LOGO]/ KODAK CANADA LTEE./ DIV. ENTRETIEN/ REPARATION/ QUOTE/ INDIQUEZ/ 105-2877/ U.I.D.#/ #.I.D.U.'/ 'RECORDAK' DECAL ON EITHER SIDE OF UNIT/ ALL CONTROLS LABELLED/ OPL INVENTORY CONTROL LABELS APPLIED TO FRONT & BACK OF UNIT*

Missing

CRANK HANDLE MISSING FROM LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE

Finish

BROWN IMITATION WOOD PAINTED FINISH ON CASING EXTERIOR. FROSTED GREEN GLASS VIEWING SCREEN. FLAT BLACK WRINKLE-FINISH ON PROJECTOR HOUSING.

Decoration

NONE