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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMINIATURE
- DATE
- 1934–1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0280.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- ENSIGN MIDGET/55
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P45X
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CAMERA BODY, PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS/ LEATHER? BELLOWS/ SOFT LEATHER COVER WITH METAL END PIECES/ HARD LEATHER CASE & STRAP/ SYNTHETIC LAMP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 6.9 cm
- Height
- 3.3 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
- Houghton Butcher
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID 1930S +
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORMAT. THIS EXAMPLE IS FOLDING BELLOWS, STRUT TYPE MINIATURE OR "SPY CAMERA USING ENSIGN "LUKOS" FILM (E.10 SIZE) PRODUCING 6 - 2 1/4 X 1 INCH EXPOSURES. - Technical
-
"MIDGET" CAMERA MET MARKET DEMAND FOR SMALL FORMAT OR MINIATURE CAMERAS. WELL MADE & WITH GOOD FLEXIBILITY FORITS SIZE, MIDGET WAS PRODUCED BY SAME COMPANY (HOUGHTON'S) WHICH MARKETED "TICKA" POCKET WATCH CAMERS BEFORE WWI. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT READS IN METALLIC LETTERING "ENSIGN MIDGET" WITH BLACK & RED SCALE NUMBERS/ INCISED LETTERING INSIDE BACK COVER READS "MADE IN ENGLAND/ BY THE/ HOUGHTON-BUTCHER/ MFG. Co Ltd LONDON, E 17."/ PENCILLED "P45X" ALSO INSIDE BACK COVER/ INTERIOR LABEL READS "This Camera/ takes Ensign/ LUKOS film/ E.10 size/ WHITE LETTERING ON LENS READS ""ENSAR" ANASTIGMAT LENS"/ RAISED "Ensign" [IN SCRIPT] ON HARD CASE
- Missing
- COMPLETE - SHUTTER RELEASE IS SEIZED BUT ALL OTHER CONTROLS WORK. SOME CHIPPING OF PAINT FROM BACK OF BELLOWS.
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON CAMERA BODY/ PLATED & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ RED LAMP/ BLACK COVER/ BLACK CASE & STRAP
- Decoration
- ANGULAR BLACK & PLATED PLATE ON FRONT CONTAINING SCALES
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Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd., Camera, between 1934–1941, Artifact no. 1996.0280, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0280.001/
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