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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35MM
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0347.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Le Coultre Co.
- MODEL
- COMPASS CAMERA
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1354
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BODY/ GLASS LENS ELEMENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 5.9 cm
- Height
- 3.2 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
- LECOULTRE
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
NO OTHER CAMERAS POSSESSES AS MANY OR AS VARIED FEATURES FOR ITS SIZE. ROLLFILM MADE 6 EXPOSURES ON 35MM FILM. CAMERA DESIGNED BY NOEL PEMBERTON-BILLING OF ENGLAND FOR COMPASS CAMERAS LTD., LONDON. OPTIONS INCL. A POCKET TRIPOD AND AN ENLARGER/PROJECTORWHICH FIT INTO A 4"X4"X16" BOX. ONLY 5000 WERE MADE. PRODUCTION CEASED WITH THE OUTBREAK OF WWII - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Engraved on back of camera: "COMPASS/ CAMERAS LTD/ MADE BY LE COULTRE CO/ IN SWITZERLAND UNDER P-B PATENTS"/ Below reads: "RANGE/ FINDER/ SPEED METER/ VIEW/ FINDER"/ On side of camera mfr's logo reads: "Compass"/ On other side of camera: "STEREOSCOPIC/ HEAD/ ANGLE/ VIEW/ FINDER"/ Engraved under cover for focussing screen: "GREAT BRITAIN PATENTS/ 423035 428455 428511/ 428515 423226 428455/ 428003 428516/ WORLD PATENTS PENDING"/ Various numerical markings on shutter and lens cover/
- Missing
- SCREW ON FRONT PLATE
- Finish
- Brushed metal with red markings
- Decoration
- N/A
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Le Coultre Co., Camera, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1982.0347, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0347.001/
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