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OBJECT TYPE: PLATE/STRUT
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1099.001

MANUFACTURER: Goerz, C.P.
MODEL: ANSCHUTZ
LOCATION: Berlin, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 105993
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wooden body covered with leather. Leather bellows. Wooden lens board. Glass lens. Metal struts. Leather handle.

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Height: 6.5 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: Goerz
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Berlin

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: This artefact was donated by the Audio Visual Resources Department, headed by Wilhelm Nassau, of Wilfred Laurier University located in Waterloo, Ontario.
Function: To capture an image on light-sensitive material by allowing light to travelthrough a small opening into a dark chamber.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LENS NAME & MFR. STAMPTED IN WHITE LETTERING AROUND LENS/ INITIALS 'D.R.G.M.' STAMPED IN SEVERAL PLACES
Missing: N/A
Finish: Body and bellows black textured. Lens board black enamel. Glass and shiny metal trim.
Decoration: N/A

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Goerz, C.P., Camera, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1981.1099, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1981.1099.001/

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