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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATE/BELLOWS
- DATE
- 1927–1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1238.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss Ikon
- MODEL
- IDEAL 250/9
- LOCATION
- Dresden, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAMERA: METAL CASE COVERED ON OUTSIDE WITH LEATHER; LEATHER BELLOWS; METAL WORKING PARTS; GLASS LENSES/ CASE: LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE & VELVET LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 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
- Zeiss
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Dresden
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY AFTER 1936 AS THIS IS WHEN THE DOMINION FORESTRY SERVICE WAS FORMED (SEE MARKINGS)
- Canada
-
USED BY THE DOMINION FORESTRY SERVICE - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES - Technical
-
ONE OF THE INITIAL MODELS PRODUCED BY ZEISS IKON. A PORTABLE, HIGH QUALITY ADVANCED AMATEUR CAMERA. THE VERSATILITY OF THIS MODEL WOULD HAVE MADE IT PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO THE FORESTRY SERVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAMERA: ON BASE- 'ZEISS/ IKON'/ AROUND LENS- 'Zeiss Ikon COMPUR/ Tessar 1:6,3 f- 16,5 cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 1047198'/ [DISTANCE GRADUATIONS & LENS OPENING GRADUATIONS MARKED]/ ON BACK: 'Ica [LOGO]'/ ON FRONT- 'ZEISS IKON'/ CASE: ON BACK: 'ZEISS IKON'/ ON FRONT ABOVE LOCK: '1682/9'/ SCRATCHED IN LEATHER ABOVE CARRYING HANDLE: 'IDEAL 250/9'
- Missing
- CASE: LID TORN
- Finish
- BLACK CAMERA BODY & BELLOWS; SOME METAL PAINTED GLOSS BLACK AND SOME PARTS CHROMED; WHITE ON YELLOW PRINTING/ BLACK CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeiss Ikon, Camera, between 1927–1938, Artifact no. 1988.1238, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1238.001/
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