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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0375.001

MANUFACTURER: Geotec
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC HOLDER HAS FINER AND COARSER GRADES OF SANDPAPER MOUNTED, ONE ON EACH SIDE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN 1970S-1980S. NOT USED AFTER 1992.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ. 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 PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA.
Function: USED TO SHARPEN AN OBJECT, IN THIS CASE PENCIL LEAD.
Technical: FILE USED BY YOUSUF KARSH TO SHARPEN POINTS OF RETOUCHING PENCILS. THE PENCILS WERE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL "SPOTONE" DYE, AND ONLY BY MR. KARSH (REF. 1) (SEE 1999.0373; 1999.0374.15-.17) FILE ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS KEPT IN TRAY 1999.0379, IN 'FINISHING ROOM' IN CHATEAU LAURIER STUDIO SUITE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[G logo]/ geotec" printed on goldtone label applied to one side of holder. Catalogue no. (?) cast below decal is obscurred by masking tape: appears to read "220 2595".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: MOULDED GREY SYNTHETIC HOLDER. PALE PINK-GREY (FINE GRADE) SANDPAPER STRIP FITTED TO ONE SIDE; RED-BROWN (COARSE GRADE) SANDPAPER FITTED TO REVERSE.
Decoration: N/A

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Geotec, File, before 1992, Artifact no. 1999.0375, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0375.001/

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