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OBJECT TYPE: 620 ROLLFILM/620 RANGEFINDER
DATE: 1946–1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0202.001

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Co.
MODEL: MEDALIST II
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 33946
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BODY WITH SYNTHETIC? COVERING, GLASS OPTICS

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 11.1 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: Kodak
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: LATE 1940S +
Canada: AMERICAN MADE CAMERA PURCHASED & USED BY DONOR'S FATHER, MR. LIONEL MALO.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT, AS PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR ROLLFILM, BUT ACCESSORY BACK & BACK EXTENSION ENABLED USE OF SHEETFILM, PLATES OR PACKS WITH CAMERA.
Technical: MEDALIST CAMERAS WERE INTENDED FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS; THEIR DESIGN STRESSED PRECISION & VERSATILITY OF PRESS CAMERA. MEDALIST I WAS INTRODUCED IN 1941 & MEDALIST II WAS PRODUCED FROM 1946 TO 1953. MODELS WERE SIMILAR EXCEPT THAN IN MEDALIST II FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION SOCKET REPLACED FINE FOCUS WHEEL OF MEDALIST I.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON TOP READS "KODAK/ MEDALIST/ II"; PLATE ON BACK READS: MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y."; INCISED "33946" ON INTERIOR; INTERIOR LABEL WITH PATENT INFO.; WHITE LETTERING ON LENS READS "KODAK EKTAR/ f:3.5 100 mm EO4179 "; BLACK LETTERING READING "MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y."; BLACK LETTERING ON SHUTTER ASSEMBLY READS "KODAK FLASH SUPERMATIC SHUTTER"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BRUSHED METAL; BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERING ON BODY; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS.
Decoration: N/A

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Eastman Kodak Co., Camera, between 1946–1947, Artifact no. 2003.0202, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0202.001/

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