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- OBJECT TYPE
- aerial
- DATE
- 1939–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.3066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Williamson Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- G45
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 56808
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast metal camera body exterior painted grey; camera interior and lens housing painted black; selected silver metal fittings; clear glass optics; black and red synthetic covered connection wires; broad green stripe painted on lens housing; topmost film cassette compartment door painted red; clear synthetic window.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.5 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 9.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Williamson
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type used c. 1939-1945.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CAMERA/ TYPE G.45/ 12 VOLTS/ REF. No. 14A/ 1389 */ A [crown logo] M/ SERIAL NO. 56808/ WILLIAMSON MFG. CO. LTD./ LONDON & READING" cast in raised print on casing. " PATENT APPLIED FOR" stamped into casing, below. "SHORT LENS TYPE G45/ REF. No. 14 A/1398*/ SERIAL NO. M54820" recorded on lens housing. "12 VOLTS" recorded on plate fixed to casing. "12 VOLTS/ REF. No. 14A/ 1405" stamped on metel plate located inside casing. "REF. No. 14A/ 1441" cast in raised print on film cassette compartment access door located on casing side.
- Missing
- Unknown: camera appears complete.
- Finish
- Cast metal camera body exterior painted grey; camera interior and lens housing painted black; selected silver metal fittings; clear glass optics; black and red synthetic covered connection wires; broad green stripe painted on lens housing; topmost film cassette compartment door painted red; clear synthetic window.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Williamson Mfg. Co. Ltd., Camera, circa 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1992.3066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.3066.001/
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