Tripod head
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- OBJECT TYPE
- METAL/PAN-TILT
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0653.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Graflex Inc.
- MODEL
- GRAPHIC PAN-TILT
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL BODY & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE GRIP/ RUBBER UNDERSIDE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.2 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 10.7 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
- Graflex
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY, CANADA'S PREDOMINANT ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY WHICH OPERATED FROM 1905 TO 1970. - Function
-
PART OF SUPPORT FOR CAMERA TO WHICH CAMERA IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED; HEAD CAN BE TURNED HORIZONTALLY OR ANGLE CAN BE ADJUSTED AS REQUIRED. - Technical
-
GRAFLEX INC. WAS DESCENDENT OF FOLMER & SCHWING MFG. INC. FOUNDED IN 1890, WHICH BEGAN CAMERA MFG. IN 1897. PURCHASED BY EASTMAN IN 1905, IT LATER BECAME DIVISON OF EASTMAN KODAK. NEW FOLMER-GRAFLEX CORP. TOOK IT OVER IN 1926, CHANGING NAME TO GRAFLEX INC. IN 1945. IN 1956 IT BECAME DIVISION OF GENERAL PRECISION EQUIPMENT CORP. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READING "GRAPHIC Pan-Tilt [SCRIPT] TRIPOD HEAD", "MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC. ROCHESTER 8, NEW YORK"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- METALLIC GREY/ BROWN SYNTHETIC/ RED-BROWN RUBBER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Graflex Inc., Tripod head, after 1945, Artifact no. 1991.0653, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0653.001/
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