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