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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0892.003

MANUFACTURER: Folmer Graflex Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wood back with metal and glass

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.2 cm
Width: 30.0 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Graflex
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C.1930S+
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED FROM A HISTORICALLY WELL-ESTABLISHED OTTAWA STUDIO. JOSEF KARSH WORKED THERE DURING HIS EARLY YEARS. HIS BROTHER, MALAK KARSH, MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH STUDIO AQUARIUS (UNCONFIRMED). (AS PER JA JOHNSTON - SEE SUPP.INFO.)
Function: TO PRODUCE GRAPHIC IMAGES, ESPECIALLY PORTRAITS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF LARGE STUDIO CAMERA, USED PRIMARILY FOR PORTRAIT WORK.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON BACK READS 'MADE FOR EASTMAN KODAK CO./ BY GRAFLEX, INC. ROCHESTER, 8, N.Y., U.S.A.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BACK HAS RED-BROWN STAIN; SILVER METAL FITTINGS
Decoration: N/A

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Folmer Graflex Corp., Back, camera, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0892.003/

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