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OBJECT TYPE: 3 CELL/7 IN. REFLECTOR/BULB
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1450.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL CASE AND ATTACHMENTS; SYNTHETIC BUTTTON AND SOME INTERNALCOMPONENTS; GLASS LENS;.2 METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera accessories
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Graflex
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTORGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.
Function: USED TO PRODUCE A BRIGHT LIGHT TO ENABLE A PHOTOGRAPH TO BE TAKEN WHEN THERE IS INSUFFICIENT ILLUMINATION.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 STAMPED IN BOTTOM: 'MADE BY THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. ROCHESTER NEW YORK U.S.A./ GRAFLEX/ TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ 3 CELL'/ STAMPED ON ATTACHMENT RING: 'GRAFLEX'/.2 NO MARKINGS
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: CHROMED FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Folmer Graflex Corp., Flash, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1995.1450, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1450.001/

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