Board, lens

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OBJECT TYPE: VARIOUS
DATE: 1952
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0403.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 PRESS BOARD OR SIMILAR COMPOSITE MATERIAL..2 &.6-.7 ALL WOOD CONSTRUCTION..3-.5 WOODEN BOARDS FITTED WITH METAL MOUNTING RINGS;.5 HAS BRASS FLANGE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.1 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: .1-.6 THESE LENS BOARDS PROBABLY USED C. 1920S+..7 UNUSED.
Canada: PART OF A.M. HARDY COLL'N OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ..ARCHIBALD HARDY OPERATED A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO ON SPARKS ST., OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. FOLLOWING WAR SERVICE, HE EST'D A STUDIO IN VANKLEEK HILL, ONT WHERE HE WORKED AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HE SPECIALIZED IN WEDDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. MR HARDY CLOSED HIS STUDIO IN 1952.
Function: PROVIDES RIGID AND SECURE MOUNTING FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS, ALLOWING LENS TO BE USED WITH MORE THAN ONE CAMERA.
Technical: EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND STYLES OF LENS BOARDS..3-.5 FITTED WITH SCREW MOUNT RINGS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 Typed label on back reads "Fits/ Sanderson View/ also Century/ Studio". Second label, also typed, reads "For Schneider Angulon/ 12 cm. F 6.8/ in Compur shutter.".2-.7 No markings visible.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: .1 FLAT BLACK FINISH..2 POLISHED WOOD FACE; BACK PAINTED FLAT BLACK..3 BOARD FACE HAS PINK ENAMEL PAINTED FINISH; SILVER METAL MOUNTING RING; BACK PAINTED FLAT BLACK..4 FRONT & BACK OF BOARD PAINTED BLACK; SILVER METAL MOUNTING RING..5 RED-BROWN WOOD FACE; FITTED WITH BRASS FLANGE AND SILVER METAL MOUNTING RING; BLACK TAPE STRIPS APPLIED TO TOP & BOTTON OF FACE; REVERSE PAINTED BLACK..6 DARK RED-BROWN WOOD FRONT; BACK PAINTED BLACK.; .7 POLISHED WOOD FRONT; BLACK UNDERSIDE.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Board, lens, before 1952, Artifact no. 2001.0403, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0403.001/

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