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OBJECT TYPE: aerial/survey/plate
DATE: 1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0498.001

MANUFACTURER: Wild
MODEL: RC7
LOCATION: Heerbrugg, Switzerland

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General Information

Serial #: 130
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST ALUMINUM; GLASS OPTICS; METAL & SYNTHETIC FITTINGS & COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.0 cm
Width: 53.0 cm
Height: 70.0 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: Wild
Country: Switzerland
State/Province: Unknown
City: Heerbrugg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS CAMERA PROBABLY USED 1954 TO C. 1960S.
Canada: USED IN THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PHOTOGRAMMETRY PROGRAMME, FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH ACCURACY AERIAL PHOTOS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION AND PLOTTING EQUIPMENT. THIS RC7 WAS THE ONLY CAMERA OF ITS TYPE USED IN CANADA. AS OF 1992 THERE WERE NO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN N. AMERICA & 1 IN WILD MUSEUM IN CHE.
Function: USED TO PRODUCE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON GLASS PLATES, UTILIZING A ROTATING ( IE AUTOMATIC ) MAGAZINE SYSTEM.
Technical: RC7 CAMERA CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE CAMERA AVAILABLE WHEN INTRODUCED IN EARLY 1950S. 5"X5" SQUARE (APPROX.) GLASS PLATES USED (40 IN AUTOMATIC ROTATING MAGAZINES ) WERE STABLE AND ACCURATE IN ASSSOCIATION WITH HIGH QUALITY OPTICS. DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STABLE FILM BASES, & ATTENDENT BENEFITS OF FILM- LIGHTER, EASIER TO STORE, LESS PRONE TO DAMAGE- MADE RC7 SHORT LIVED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on camera reads: "WILD/ HEERBRUGG/ SWITZERLAND/ RC7 No 130/ 24 volt". "Made in Switzerland" incised on front, below viewing telescope. Scale "16 11 8 5,6 4,2" incised on dial. All controls, etc. labelled.
Missing: COMPLETE.
Finish: HAS OLIVE GREEN FINISH. BLACK KNOBS, FITTINGS, ETC.
Decoration: N/A

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Wild, Camera, 1954, Artifact no. 1991.0498, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0498.001/

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