General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

2

Total Parts

4

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Metal shades and fittings. Wooden hand grips. Synthetic covered electrical cord. Synthetic and metal connectors and adaptor plugs. .2 contains glass bulb.

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lighting devices

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

Period

These lights probably used c. 1980s+. 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. He also maintained studios in NYC and London, England. In 1999 Mr. Karsh was named one of the 100 most influential people of the century. His prints & negatives, and personal papers are in the National Archives.

Function

Used as auxiliary or artificial source of light, for photography purposes.

Technical

Probably used as a fill or back light. (see 970315 fill light in Karsh of Ottawa collection). As a fill light, it would have been placed between two backdrops (980060), and directed at the back, away from the subject.

Area Notes

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Details

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Finish

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