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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0192.002

MANUFACTURER: Wollensak Optical Co.
MODEL: T-1500
LOCATION: Chicago 16, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: casing lid or cover
Patents: N/A
General Description: Off-white enamel painted finish on most metal surfaces; some silver metal and off-white moulded synthetic fittings; off-white flocked fabric pad mounted to inside of lid. Masking and other adhesive tapes present on lid.

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Height: 7.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wollensak
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago 16

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.
Function: Specifically: Helps protect tape head mechanism; provides storage for .3 cord.
Technical: The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. This is a solidly-built portable reel-to-reel tape recorder providing two-track monophonic recording at two tape speeds: 7.5 and 3.75 ips. According to Joyce Mason, her husband recorded sound for the film “Blake” on this machine. His daughter Rebecca recalls it was also used to record sounds of children playing in the snow for use in one of his films. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Wollensak" appears in raised synthetic (?) script on lid top. "BILL MASON" printed by hand in pencil on masking tape strip applied to lid. "W.C. MASON/ MEECH LAKE ROAD/ OLD CHELSEA, QUE." printed on paper label applied to lid.
Missing: Lid appears complete. Small area of loss to name plate; some loss of paint finish.
Finish: Off-white enamel painted finish on most metal surfaces; some silver metal and off-white moulded synthetic fittings; off-white flocked fabric pad mounted to inside of lid. Masking and other adhesive tapes present on lid.
Decoration: N/A

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Wollensak Optical Co., Lid, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2010.0192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0192.002/

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