Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

1270

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

20

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

.1 Wood (mahoghany) casing, metal parts, leather bellows and strap, glass sheet. .2 Metal, glass. .3 Synthetic case with metal hardware, fabric lining. .4-.5 Wood with metal parts and glass sheets. .6-.21 Wood with metal parts.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

36,5 cm

Largeur

31,2 cm

Hauteur

12,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Photographie

Catégorie

Appareils-photos

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Deardorff

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Illinois

Ville

Chicago

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

After 1951 to 1970 or before

Canada

American made camera used at Dominion Observatory, Canada's predominant astronomical observatory which operated from 1905 to 1970. Deardorff sold #1270 V8 camera to dealer W.E. Booth, 12 Mercer st., Toronto, ON. 26.09.52 (ref. 3); presumably Dominion Observatory purchased it from Booth.

Fonction

Device used to record still images in two-dimensional format.

Technique

Folding field camera made by Deardorff, maker of several models of camera between 1923 and 1989. 8x10 view camera had front sliding panel and front tilt, rear tilt and swing, front and rear extension, all to allow increased physical and optical flexibility (ref. 2). Deardorff began making V8 camera with serial nos. in May 1950 starting with # 500 (ref. 2).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

.1 LETTERING ON FRONT PLATE READS "8X10 DEARDORFF VIEW NO. 1270/ L.F. DEARDORFF & SONSINC., CHICAGO ILL., U.S.A."; RAISED LETTERING ON TRIPOD MOUNT READS "L.F. DEARDORFF & SONS INC./ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT"; EMR INVENTORY LABEL WITH NUMBER "A20069"/.2 INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "Kodak Ektar Lens 7 in. f:4.5 EI 141 L" ON LENS; INCISED HOUSING "ILEX OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y./ No. 4 ACME SYNCHRO"; PATENT NOS. & "S16-6"/.3 INTERIOR LABEL READING "KODAK EKTAR LENS 7 INCH fl:4.5/ Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by/ EASTMAN KODAK CO., T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off."; LABEL WITH EMR NO. A20239

Manque

Appears complete.

Fini

.1 Brown stained and coated wood. Nickel plated and brass coloured metal. Black bellows. Brown strap. .2 Brushed metal and black lens housing, lens caps. .3 Black case with red lining.

Décoration

.4 PLATE READING "FOLMER & SCHWING DIVISION/ EASTMAN KODAK CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y."/.16 INCISED LETTERING READING "11X14 STERLING FILM/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC., ROCHESTER, N.Y."