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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SOUND
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0093.001

MANUFACTURER: Bell & Howell Co.
MODEL: EYEMO
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1837
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal body and parts/synthetic handle and parts/glass viewfinder lens/wood carrying case with leather covering, fabric lining, and metal fittings/cw leather carrying strap

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.0 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Height: 24.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Cine cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bell Howell
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Widely used portable 35 mm newsreel camera, used as the front line battle camera by the Canadian Army film unit during World War II
Function: Unknown
Technical: Probably best known of all 35 mm newsreel cameras, with compact design and rapid preparation for use. Could be hand held or mounted on a tripod. Its standard 100 ft. film magazine could be replaced by much larger ones.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate reading "BELL & HOWELL CO. CHICAGO/MAKES MOVIES AS THE EYE SEES/Eyemo/CAMERA 71-/MADE IN U.S.A."/ incised "N 1837"/cast? crest reading "STANDARD/BELL & HOWELL/COMPANY/CINE MACHINERY"
Missing: Lens
Finish: Black wrinkle finish/plated and metallic parts/black synthetic/brown case/brown leather
Decoration: N/A

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Bell & Howell Co., Camera, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1987.0093, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0093.001/

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