General Information

Serial #

877731

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY,LENS HOUSINGS, PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS/ SIMULATED LEATHER COVERING ON BODY/ LEATHER STRAP

Dimensions

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

Length

14.4 cm

Width

6.3 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KEYSTONE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

DEVICE USED TO RECORD CINE IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF 8MM FILM CAMERA WITH 3-LENS TURRET. KEYSTONE MFG. CO. OF BOSTON WAS FOUNDED IN 1919 TO MAKE TOY MOVIE PROJECTORS, FORMERLY SUPPLIED BY EUROPEAN MFRS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED LETTERING ON CAMERA TOP READS "MADE IN U.S.A./ KEYSTONE/ BOSTON 24, MASS./ MAGAZINE 8MM/ SERIAL NO. 877731" & "LICENCED UNDER U.S. PAT 1,153,220" & IN SCRIPT "Riveria/ K-45"/ INCISED LETTERING ON LENS READS "KEYSTONE-ELGEET 13mm f: 1.9/.2 INCISED LETTERING READS "Sun [SCRIPT] WIDE ANGLE 6.5 mm f: 1.9 41064 SUN OPT Japan" WITH LOGO; WHITE LOGO ON CAP; GREY LETTERING ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "Sun [SCRIPT] WIDE ANGLE LENS", BLACK LOGO & LETTERING ON CASE INTERIOR READS "SUN OPTICAL COMPANY LTD."/.3 INCISED LETTERING READS "No 1376 KINOTEL 1 1/2" f: 2.5 8mm movie/.4 WHITE LETTERING READS "B & W 26 3X"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR FILM MAGAZINE & EXPOSURE GUIDE CARD FOR SAME

Finish

PLATED METAL/ BROWN COVERING/ BROWN STRAP

Decoration

N/A