General Information

Serial #

2345444

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 Wooden easel. Metal stand and enlarger housing. Paper bellows. Synthetic knobs. Glass lens, condenser and bulb. .2 Metal.

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

45.5 cm

Height

93.0 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

Beseler

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

East Orange

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Probably used in the 1950's and 1960's.

Canada

Part of a collection of photographic equipment from the estate of Wilfred Harold Olson, founder and president of Dominion Wide Photography Ltd., Ottawa (1952-1995). Mr. Olson was a photographer for many years and his studio did work for both the Ottawa Journal and the CBC amongst other clients.

Function

Used to project the image of a negative on to sensitized paper to make a positive print. By adjusting the distance between lens and paper, the desired degree of enlargement of the image is obtained.

Technical

Accepts negatives from 8-mm to 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 without changing condensers. Has a built-in colour head, including filter holder. An automatic lock is provided for 90-degree horizontal projection and a sliding filter drawer accepts printing filters.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFG'S PLATE: 'LAMP 75 WATTS MAX/ MODEL 23C/ SERIES II/ 115 VOLTS AC.DC., 7 AMPS/ USE NO. 111 LAMP/ SERIAL NO. 2345444/ MFD. BY CHARLES BESELER COMPANY/ EAST ORANGE, N.J. U.S.A.'/ ON LAMP HOUSING: 'Beseler'/ BELOW HOUSING: 'Beseler UNIVERSAL COLORHEAD'/ ON LENS: 'Schnieder Kreuzach 10007568 1:5.6/ 80 Componon'/.2 STAMPED ON EACH PART: '8062/ Beseler'

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

.1 Easel is varnished. Bellows are silver grey. Support stand and enlarger housing are medium grey paint textured finish with silver trim. Three black knobs and one red knob. .2 Painted black matte.

Decoration

.1 Company name on housing. Company name and model name on front.