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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SOUND
- DATE
- 1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0093.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bell & Howell Co.
- MODEL
- EYEMO
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1837
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal body and parts/synthetic handle and parts/glass viewfinder lens/wood carrying case with leather covering, fabric lining, and metal fittings/cw leather carrying strap
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 24.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bell Howell
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Widely used portable 35 mm newsreel camera, used as the front line battle camera by the Canadian Army film unit during World War II - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Probably best known of all 35 mm newsreel cameras, with compact design and rapid preparation for use. Could be hand held or mounted on a tripod. Its standard 100 ft. film magazine could be replaced by much larger ones. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate reading "BELL & HOWELL CO. CHICAGO/MAKES MOVIES AS THE EYE SEES/Eyemo/CAMERA 71-/MADE IN U.S.A."/ incised "N 1837"/cast? crest reading "STANDARD/BELL & HOWELL/COMPANY/CINE MACHINERY"
- Missing
- Lens
- Finish
- Black wrinkle finish/plated and metallic parts/black synthetic/brown case/brown leather
- Decoration
- N/A
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