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- OBJECT TYPE
- EARLY/TAILBOARD
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0892.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Folmer Graflex Corp.
- MODEL
- CENTURY MASTER STUDIO
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 63
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRONT & BACK PANELS, AND BASE (MAHOGANY); CAST & WROUGHT METAL FITTINGS; CARDBOARD & COATED PAPER BELLOWS/ BRASS & GROUND GLASS OPTICS/ RUBBER TUBING & BULB/ CAST & WROUGHT METAL, AND WOOD STAND.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 78.0 cm
- Width
- 46.0 cm
- Height
- 53.0 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
- Graflex
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1930S+
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED FROM A HISTORICALLY WELL-ESTABLISHED OTTAWA STUDIO. JOSEF KARSH WORKED THERE DURING HIS EARLY YEARS. HIS BROTHER, MALAK KARSH, MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH STUDIO AQUARIUS (UNCONFIRMED). (AS PER JA JOHNSTON - SEE SUPP.INFO.) - Function
-
TO PRODUCE GRAPHIC IMAGES, ESPECIALLY PORTRAITS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LARGE STUDIO CAMERA, USED PRIMARILY FOR PORTRAIT WORK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'CENTURY/ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MASTER STUDIO CAMERA/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORPORATION/ 17654 ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.' APPEARS ON PLATE ON CAMERA FRONT/ 'SLIDING CARRIAGE/ for/ CENTURY/ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MASTER STUDIO CAMERA/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE FOLMERGRAFLEX CORPORATION/ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ 17655' PRINTED ON PLATE ON CAMERA BACK/ 'THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORPORATION/ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ 4656' APPEARS ON PLATE ON CAMERA BACK/ '63' INCISED IN WOODEN BASE, UNDER & INSIDE FRONT EDGE.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE. BELLOWS & CAMERA BODY FRONT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED USING DUCT-TAPE-EXTENT OF LOSS OR DAMAGE UNDETERMINED.
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED MAHOGANY WOOD CAMERA BODY, LENS BACK, AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES ON STAND/ CARDBOARD BELLOWS COVERED WITH FINELY GRAINED RED COATED PAPER./ STAINED & VARNISHED MAHOGANY WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Folmer Graflex Corp., Camera, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1986.0892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0892.001/
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