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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
More Information
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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