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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLASHGUN
- DATE
- 1926–1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0631.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Folmer Graflex Corp.
- MODEL
- GRAFLITE/2778
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 25060
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.3 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 4.9 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
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
- Canada
-
ORIGINAL OWNER, VICTOR ALBOTA, AN OTTAWA NATIVE, WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE RCAF FILM & PHOTO UNIT IN WW II. STARTING IN 1945 HE WORKED FOR THE T.V. LITTLE PHOTO CO. IN OTTAWA FOR 6 YEARS AND DID ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE OTTAWA JOURNAL [SEE PHOTO OF WALTERS AXE CO. IN S.I. FILE]. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES ON FILM - Technical
-
THE STANDARD PRESS CAMERA OF THE THIRTIES AND LATER. ALLOWS USE OF LENSES IN SHUTTER MOUNT OR FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER.[REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTING LETTERING READS 'EXTENSION SHUTTER BATTERY REMOTE SOLENOID', 'GRAFLITE' AND 'CATALOGUE NO. 2778'
- Missing
- SHUTTER SEIZES OCCASIONALLY. FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER SEIZED.
- Finish
- BLACK WITH SILVER TRIM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Folmer Graflex Corp., Flash, between 1926–1946, Artifact no. 1996.0631, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0631.004/
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