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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0651.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 20
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic case with metal hardware, fabric lining.

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Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still cameras
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: General: To contain, store, and protect objects when not in use. Specific: To contain, store, and protect a camera lens.
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

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