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OBJECT TYPE: ANTISTATIC
DATE: 1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0381.001

MANUFACTURER: Nuclear Products Co.
MODEL: STATICMASTER 3C500
LOCATION: El Monte, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASING AND BRUSH HEAD (?); METAL PANEL AND TRIM; CONTAINS SOLID POLONIUM.

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 2.0 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: Nuclear
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: El Monte

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS BRUSH USED BEFORE 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 CLEAN DUST, ETC. FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES BEFORE PRINTING.
Technical: SPECIALTY BRUSHNEUTRALIZES STATIC AS IT IS MOVED OVER THE SURFACE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE. POLONIUM CARTRIDGE INSIDE CASING PRESENTS RADIATION DANGER IF INGESTED OR INHALED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on casing front reads "CAUTION Radiation from polonium is dangerous if the solid material/ is ingeated or inhaled. Do not touch strip under grid. Keep away from/ children. See instructions. Replace after: FEB 80 G/ MODEL NO. 3C500/ NUCLEAR PRODUCTS COMPANY, EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA/ staticmaster". "staticmaster/ TO REMOVE CARTRIDGE PRESS SIDE TAB AND LIFT".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BEIGE COLOUR CASING HAS SILVER METAL PANEL & TRIM; DARK BROWN BRUSH BRISTLES.
Decoration: N/A

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Nuclear Products Co., Brush, before 1980, Artifact no. 1999.0381, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0381.001/

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