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