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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
More Information
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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