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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35MM
- DATE
- 1954–1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0463.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Agfa Camera Werk AG
- MODEL
- ANSCO MEMAR
- LOCATION
- Munich, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CG 6977
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS/ LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE, FELT? LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 7.7 cm
- Height
- 10.7 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
- Agfa Ansco
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Munich
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950S +
- Canada
-
CAMERA OWNED BY CAMERON M. EDWARDS, DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, WHO DIED IN 1978. HE WAS AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER/CINEMATOGRAPHER. IN 1920S-1930S HE WAS APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF DAY, GIVING HIM ACCESS TO FILM VENUES SUCH AS ROYAL TOUR, INCLUDING VISITS TO PARLIAMENT HILL, HARRINGTON LAKE, ETC. SOME OF HIS FILMS ARE AT NAC. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF BASIC 35 MM CAMERA, MADE BYGERMAN CAMERA MFR. AGFA CAMERA WERK FOR ITS AMERICAN AFFILIATE ANSCO; SAME AS AGFA SILETTE. IN 1928 AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC MFR. ANSCO MERGED WITH GERMAN COMPANY AGFA TO BECOME AGFA ANSCO CORP. IN 1939 IT BECAME GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORP. & IN 1943 DROPPED AGFA FROM PRODUCT NAME. IN 1952 AGFA FOUNDED AGFA CAMERA WERK AG IN MUNICH; IT BECAME AGFA AG IN 1957. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "ANSCO MEMAR" & PRONTO"/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "MADE FOR ANSCO BY/ AGFA CAMERA WERK AG/ MUNCHEN GERMANY/ (REGISTERED) BY ANSCO-GAF"/ INCISED LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "Agfa Apotar 1:3.5/45"/ INCISED WHITE "CG 6977" INSIDE INTERIOR/ INCISED BLACK & RED MARKINGS FOR CONTROLS/ GOLD STAMPED "ANSCO" & "TOP GRAIN COWHIDE/ MADE IN CANADA" ON OUTSIDE OF CASE, PATENT NO. STAMPED ON LEATHER STRIP INSIDE CASE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK STIPPLE FINISH ON BODY/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ BROWN LEATHER WITH PLATED HARDWARE & RED LINING
- Decoration
- RAISED AGFA LOGO ON UNDERSIDE
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Agfa Camera Werk AG, Camera, circa 1954–1958, Artifact no. 1994.0463, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0463.001/
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