Holder, sheet film
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 8X10 & 4X5
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0335.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lisco Products Co.
- MODEL
- REGAL
- LOCATION
- Glendale, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 30
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD, METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.1 cm
- Width
- 23.5 cm
- Height
- 1.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still images
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Lisco
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Glendale
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THESE FILMHOLDERS NOT USED AFTER 1992.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OF STATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA. - Function
-
USED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND IN-CAMERA EXPOSURE OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE SHEET FILM. - Technical
-
PRIOR TO EACH SITTING, MR. KARSH'S ASSISTANT ARRANGED AND LOADED FILM INTO FILM HOLDERS: 8X10 B&W, 8X10 COLOUR (IF REQUIRED), 4X5 B&W & 4X5 COLOUR (IF REQUIRED.) COLOUR FILM HOLDERS HAD COLOUR-CODED TABS: BLUE FOR DAYLIGHT AND RED FOR TUNGSTEN. UNMARKED FILM HOLDERS WERE USED FOR B&W FILM. (REF.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- All marked "MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENT NO. 2635515/ 8X10 LISCO CUT FILM HOLDER/ LISCO PRODUCTS CO./ GLENDALE 4 CALIF."
- Missing
- NONE. From CA of 06/16/1999 by Gordon Perrault: No - Complete
- Finish
- ALL BLACK, SAVE SOME METAL FITTINGS AND ADDITION OF COLOURED PAPER TABS TO MARK SELECTED FILM HOLDERS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lisco Products Co., Holder, sheet film, after 1950, Artifact no. 1997.0335, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0335.001/
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