General Information

Serial #

1635

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH LEATHER COVERING ANDBELLOWS/ GLASS LENS

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

24.0 cm

Height

19.0 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

B&W

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S

Canada

ONE OF THE VERY FEW CAMERA MANUFACTURERS IN CANADA OTHER THAN KODAK. ORIGINAL OWNER, VICTO ALBOTA, AN OTTAWA NATIVE, WAS A PHTOGRAPHER WITH THE RCAF FILM & PHOTO UNIT IN WW II. STARTING IN 1945 HE WORKED FOR THE T.V. LITTLE PHOTO CO. IN OTTAWA FOR 6 YRS. & DID ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE OTTAWA JOURNAL [REF 1]

Function

USED TO RECORD A STILL IMAGE ON FILM

Technical

AN IMITATION OF THE "CROWN GRAPHIC" CAMERA. HAS A SPRING BACK FOR FAST PLATE CHANGE [REF 3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON FRONT PANEL: 'Press King/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ B & W MANUFACTURING CO./ TORONTO'/ PRINTED AROUND LENSES: 'TRADE Papax MARK MADE BY WOLLENSAK ROCHESTER, U.S.A./ f/4.5 5.6 8 11 16 22 32''RAPTAR NO 560431 WOLLENSAK 127 MM f/4.5'/ STAMPED IN FRONT COVER PLATE: '1636'

Missing

CORRODED FLOOR BOARD AND SHUTTER WORKS

Finish

BLACK BODY AND BELLOWS WITH SILVER TRIM/ BRUSHED METAL FRONT PANEL AND FLOOR BOARD/ BLACK AND SILVER LENS SURROUND

Decoration

N/A