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OBJECT TYPE: COLOUR BALANCING/SKY
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0319.001

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Co.
MODEL: 6
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS; METAL; PAPER LABEL ON BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1920'S & 1930'S
Canada: FILTER BELONGED TO JOHN VANDERPANT (1884-1939), A PROMINENT CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER. A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1920'S & 1930'S. HE ESTABLISHED A DISTINCTIVE STYLE THAT EMPHASIZED LIGHT AND FORM AND GENERALLY SHUNNED POPULAR MANIPULATIVE PROCESSES. [REF.1]
Function: USED TO ENHANCE THE COLOUR CONTRASTS IN THE SKY WHEN TAKING A STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FILTER EDGE: 'TOP NO.6'/ ON LABEL AFFIXED TO LID: 'KODAK/ SKY FILTER/ 6/ Eastman Kodak Co./ Rochester, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A./ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.'
Missing: EDGES OF LENS IS CLOUDY
Finish: FILTER:YELLOW & CLEAR LENS; BLACK METAL HOLDER/ BOX: GOLD PAINTED
Decoration: N/A

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Eastman Kodak Co., Filter, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1990.0319, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0319.001/

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