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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0892.006

MANUFACTURER: TAYLOR, TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

Serial #: 36355
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 11.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: TAYLOR HOBSON
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: OPTICAL UNIT USED IN FORMING AN IMAGE, FOCUSING AT THE FILM PLANE
Technical: EXAMPLE OF LARGE STUDIO CAMERA, USED PRIMARILY FOR PORTRAIT WORK.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ‘14 ½ inch Cooke Portrait Lens f/4:5 Series 11 8x10 in' INCISED AROUND LENS/ S/N ‘36355'/ ‘TAYLOR TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD./ Leicester London & New York'; and ‘Sole consignees for Canada/ J.G. Ramsey & Co. Toronto' - ALL INCISED ON LENS CASING.
Missing: N/A
Finish: BRIGHT LACQUERED BRASS CASING/ LENS HAS BEEN DAMAGED - DENTED ON HOOD & LENS MOUNTING./ SHUTTER IS DAMAGED AND WILL NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. STORED IN GREY PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER BOX.
Decoration: N/A

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TAYLOR, TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD., Lens, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0892.006/

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