General Information

Serial #

35828

Part Number

1

Total Parts

22

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CAMERA BODY, PARTS; LEATHERETTE COVERING; GLASS OPTICS/.2-.11 METAL HOUSINGS WITH GLASS OPTICS/.12-.13 METAL/.14-.18 ALUMINUM? CANISTERS WITH BRASS? FILM CARTRIDGES (.18 CONTAINS FILM)/.19-.22 BRASS? FILM CARTRIDGES

Dimensions

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

Length

13.2 cm

Width

4.7 cm

Height

6.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1931 & AFTER

Canada

USED BY R.C. JACOBSEN, OF MSC (C. 1931-1951). JACOBSEN TOOK PART IN CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR EXPEDITION TO COPPERMINE, NWT(1932); WAS INVOLVED IN DESIGN OF MSC RADIOSONDE IN 1930'S; DESIGNED METEO INSTRUMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH HE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS OVER LAKE ONTARIO IN HIS OWN PLANE.

Function

DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT.

Technical

INTRODUCED IN 1923 & PRODUCED FROM 1925, LEICA WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL 35MM CAMERA. LEICA 1/C APPEARED IN 1931 & WAS FIRST MODEL TO USE INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES, USEABLE WITH OTHER LEICA 1 CAMERAS. ACCORDING TO DONOR, JACOBSEN PURCHASED THIS CAMERA IN 1930. POSSIBLY HE USED IT AT COPPERMINE IPY STATION IN 1931-32.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED LETTERING ON SHUTTER SPEED CONTROL READS "Ernst Leitz/ Wetzlar D.R.P." & ON BODY "No 35838"; "INCISED LETTERING ON LENS ASSEMBLY READS "Leitz Elmar f=5cm 1:35" &"Germany"/.2-.11 INCISED BLACK OR GOLD LETTERING READING:.2 "Leitz Elmar, 1:35 F-50mm";.3 "Leitz Elmar, 1:35 F-50mm";.4 "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar";.5 "Germany E. Leitz N.Y. SL";.6 "1";.7 "3";.8 "Gr";.9 "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar" & "R";.10 "2";.11 "Lifacolor Dunstfilter f35 9"/ HAND INCISED LETTERING ON.1 BACK READS "35828" & "R.C. JACOBSEN";.2 "RCJ" ON CAPS;.4,.7,.11 "RCJ"/ INCISED "Leica" IN SCRIPT ON LENS CAPS & ON.19-.22 CANNISTER LIDS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE/ .2 AND/OR .3 MAY BE ORIGINAL LENS AS LENS ON CAMERA APPEARS NEWER

Finish

.1 BLACK CAMERA BODY WITH REMNANTS OF BLACK PAINT ON METAL PARTS, METALLIC PARTS; PLATED LENS ASSEMBLY/.2-.3 METALLIC, BRASS COLOURED, BLACK PAINTED/.4 BLACK PAINTED/.5-.11 BLACK PAINTED METAL WITH YELLOW, GREEN, RED, OR COLOURLESS GLASS/.12-.13 BLACK PAINTED SPOOLS WITH PLATED KNOBS/.14-.22 UNFINISHED CANISTERS & BRASS COLOURED CARTRIDGES/.2 &.9 RED BOXES/.6-.8 BROWN BOXES

Decoration

N/A