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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0892.002

MANUFACTURER: Folmer Graflex Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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 camera parts
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: N/A
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., Back, camera, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0892.002/

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