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OBJECT TYPE: light/heat
DATE: 1932–1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.1056.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: shield or shade
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper and metal components.

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.6 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Height: 1.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Studio & set equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: KARSH OF OTTAWA STUDIO OPERATED 1932- 1992.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OF STATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINENT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA.
Function: Used to reduce effects of glare and heat produced by photographic lights, for benefit of subject.
Technical: KARSH USED (AT LEAST) STANDS 1997.0316.1-.2 SPECIFICALLY TO HOLD HOMEMADE BLACK CARDS (1998.1056.1-.2] AND PLACED THEM BETWEEN HIS SUBJECTS AND THE STUDIO LIGHTS, AS A SHIELD FROM GLARE, AND TO SOME EXTENT, HEAT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Rectangular flat black heavy -weight paper (card stock?) has coated paper tape binding on all edges; silver metal wire hanger.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Card, between 1932–1992, Artifact no. 1998.1056, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.1056.001/

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