General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL & SYNTHETIC SHUTTER; GLASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS IN LENS..2PAPER RING..3 WOODEN LENS BOARD HAS METAL FRONT.

Dimensions

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

Length

8.0 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

5.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wollensak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS SHUTTER PRESUMABLY USED MID 1920S+

Canada

PART OF A.M. HARDY COLL'N OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQ.. ARCHIBALD HARDY OPERATED A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO ON SPARKS ST., OTTAWA IN THE 1930S. FOLLOWING WAR SERVICE, HE EST'D A STUDIO IN VANKLEEK HILL, ONT WHERE HE WORKED AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HE SPECIALIZED IN WEDDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. MR. HARDY CLOSED HIS STUDIO IN 1952.

Function

TO ADMIT LIGHT OF LIMITED INTENSITY & DURATION INTO CAMERA AND ONTO UNEXPOSED FILM.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "BETAX No 3/ WOLLENSAK U.S.A." and scale marked in white on shutter face. "PAT. NOV. 21, 1922" stamped on reverse..2 No recognizable markings visible: series of irregularly spaced dots marked in pencil around perimeter..3 " 7"/ f 5 6? " handwritten in pencil on back of lens board.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

.1 PREDOMINANTLY BLACK; SOME SILVER METAL TRIM; LENS CASING IS BRIGHT BRASS COLOUR..2 OFF-WHITE TEXTURED PAPER RING..3 WOOD & METAL LENS BOARD.

Decoration

N/A