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OBJECT TYPE: CONDENSER
DATE: 1930–1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0290.001

MANUFACTURER: PAQUIN CAMERA WORKS
MODEL: PAQUIN 5 X 7 AUTOFOCUS
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 MAINLY METAL WITH GLASS LENSES, SYNTHETIC KNOB, & LEATHER BELLOWS/.2 METAL MOUNTED ON A WOODEN BOARD; SYNTHETIC CORD AND SWITCH/.3 WOOD WITH GLASS PLATE & PAPER MASK, METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 39.0 cm
Width: 20.0 cm
Height: 26.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PAQUIN
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY THE 1930'S AND 1940'S
Canada: J. M. PAQUIN WAS ONE OF THE FEW"INDEPENDENT" MANUFACTURERS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IN CANADA.
Function: USED TO PRINT STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES IN SIZES LARGER OR SMALLER THAN THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE - CONDENSER TYPE USES ONE OR MORE CONDENSER LENSES TO DIRECT LIGHT FROM LAMPHOUSE IN PARALLEL RAYS THROUGH THE NEGATIVE.
Technical: PAQUIN PATTERNED THIS PROFESSIONAL MODEL ENLARGER ON THE EASTMAN 5X7 AND ELWOOD 8X10 ENLARGERS ADDING HIS OWN VARIATIONS. IT IS CLAIMED THAT NO TWO ENLARGERS PROVIDED BY PAQUIN WERE THE SAME.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 MFG'S PLATE: "PAQUIN/ CONDENSER ENLARGER/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ PAQUIN CAMERA WORKS/ 787 QUEEN ST. W., TORONTO/ H.E.P.C. 4364/ 110 VOLTS 100 WATTS'/ PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'DALLMEYER 5.3 F/4.5 POPULAR ENLARGING ANSTIGMAT 220737'/.2 DECAL READS: 'MADE IN CANADA/ CAMERA/ WORKS/ PAQUIN/ TORONTO/ PRINTED IN ENGLAND'/ PRINTING ON END OF LIGHTBULB: 'PRICE MARK/ 115-125V/ 100/ W'
Missing: CORD IS PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL
Finish: .1 BODY CRINKLE GREEN; GREEN BELLOWS; MARBLED GREEN & BROWN KNOB; BLACK LENS SURROND/.2 GREEN CRINKLE SUPPORT; CHROMED LIGHT HOUSING; VARNISHED BOARD/.3 STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD; BLACK PAPER WITH PINK MASK COVERING
Decoration: N/A

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PAQUIN CAMERA WORKS, Enlarger, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1993.0290, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0290.001/

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