General Information

Serial #

1270

Part Number

1

Total Parts

20

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 Wood (mahoghany) casing, metal parts, leather bellows and strap, glass sheet. .2 Metal, glass. .3 Synthetic case with metal hardware, fabric lining. .4-.5 Wood with metal parts and glass sheets. .6-.21 Wood with metal parts.

Dimensions

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

Length

36.5 cm

Width

31.2 cm

Height

12.0 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

Deardorff

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

After 1951 to 1970 or before

Canada

American made camera used at Dominion Observatory, Canada's predominant astronomical observatory which operated from 1905 to 1970. Deardorff sold #1270 V8 camera to dealer W.E. Booth, 12 Mercer st., Toronto, ON. 26.09.52 (ref. 3); presumably Dominion Observatory purchased it from Booth.

Function

Device used to record still images in two-dimensional format.

Technical

Folding field camera made by Deardorff, maker of several models of camera between 1923 and 1989. 8x10 view camera had front sliding panel and front tilt, rear tilt and swing, front and rear extension, all to allow increased physical and optical flexibility (ref. 2). Deardorff began making V8 camera with serial nos. in May 1950 starting with # 500 (ref. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LETTERING ON FRONT PLATE READS "8X10 DEARDORFF VIEW NO. 1270/ L.F. DEARDORFF & SONSINC., CHICAGO ILL., U.S.A."; RAISED LETTERING ON TRIPOD MOUNT READS "L.F. DEARDORFF & SONS INC./ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT"; EMR INVENTORY LABEL WITH NUMBER "A20069"/.2 INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "Kodak Ektar Lens 7 in. f:4.5 EI 141 L" ON LENS; INCISED HOUSING "ILEX OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y./ No. 4 ACME SYNCHRO"; PATENT NOS. & "S16-6"/.3 INTERIOR LABEL READING "KODAK EKTAR LENS 7 INCH fl:4.5/ Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by/ EASTMAN KODAK CO., T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off."; LABEL WITH EMR NO. A20239

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

.1 Brown stained and coated wood. Nickel plated and brass coloured metal. Black bellows. Brown strap. .2 Brushed metal and black lens housing, lens caps. .3 Black case with red lining.

Decoration

.4 PLATE READING "FOLMER & SCHWING DIVISION/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y."/.16 INCISED LETTERING READING "11X14 STERLING FILM/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC., ROCHESTER, N.Y."