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- OBJECT TYPE
- EARLY/TAILBOARD
- DATE
- 1929–1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2069.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Deardorff, L.F. & Sons
- MODEL
- OLD STYLE V5
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE (PROBABLY MAHOGANY); BRASS PARTS & FITTINGS, SAVE ALUMINUM FRONT; LEATHER BELLOWS & STRAP; GLASS FOCUSING SCREEN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 29.5 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
- Deardorff
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY C.1930S+
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM HOPE GILLIES ROSS ESTATE. MUCH OF THIS COLLECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AMATEUR COLOR PROCESSING IN THE 1920S-1930S. IT IS CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AMATEUR ENTHUSIAST OF THE PERIOD. (AS PER JAJ) - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES - Technical
-
L.F. DEARDORFF EST'D A CAMERA REPAIR BUSINESS IN 1893. IN 1923 THE COMPANY BEGAN MFG.CAMERAS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ONE-OF-A-KIND. (REF.1, PP.88-89) ALL WERE HIGH QUALITY, WELL MADE CAMERAS POPULAR WITH PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS DOING STUDIO WORK, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL OR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE SCREWED TO CAMERA FRONT READS: 'MFD. BY/ L.F. DEARDORFF & SONS/ CHICAGO, ILL.'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- RED MAHOGANY FRONT, BACK & BED. BRASS FITTINGS PAINTED WITH GOLD LACQUER. RED LEATHER BELLOWS HAS FINELY GRAINED FINISH. LIGHT BROWN LEATHER HANDLE. FOCUS SCREEN GLASS IS FROSTED, SMOOTH, POLISHED ALUMINUM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Deardorff, L.F. & Sons, Camera, between 1929–1937, Artifact no. 1987.2069, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2069.001/
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