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- OBJECT TYPE
- F7.7/IRIS/NON-FOCUS
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0454.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WOLLENSAK OPTICAL CO.
- MODEL
- AUTO 2
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 98257
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (STEEL?) BODY/ GLASS LENS/ WOOD (VEENERED) BACK BOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON LENS HOUSING: 'F7.7 4x5 No.98257. Luxar Anastigmat', '- PATENTED - MAY 30, 1911 - JUNE 22, 1915 - FEB. 1, 1916 - JULY 31, 1917 -', '- WOLLENSAK OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. -', 'AUTO/ NO. 2' AND f SCALE & EXPOSURE GUIDE/ 'WOLLENSAK LUXER - F-7.7/ 165mm (4" x 5")'HANDWRITTEN ON BOX TOP.
- Missing
- NO LENS CAP
- Finish
- VENEERED WOOD SURFACE HAS BEEN COATED (VARNISHED? - SEALED?)/ WOOD SURFACE IS NOW HALF GLOSS - HALF MATT/ MOST OF LENS IS BLACK (PAINT?)
- Decoration
- N/A
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WOLLENSAK OPTICAL CO., Lens, after 1917, Artifact no. 1987.0454, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0454.001/
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