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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SOUND
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0414.001

MANUFACTURER: PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS INC.
MODEL: DR
LOCATION: Hollywood, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 390
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS, LIGHT, MIRROR/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 21.0 cm
Height: 24.0 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: PHOTOGRAPHIC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Hollywood

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1960S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.
Function: CAMERA MODIFIED TO ALLOW TIME-LAPSE SEQUENCES & USED IN STUDIES OF COLD ADAPTATION IN ANIMALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATES READING "Varitron [IN SCRIPT]/ VOLTS 27 PAT. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A. MODEL DR/ CYCLES DC SERIAL NO. 390/ Photographic/ Products Inc. [IN SCRIPT]/ HOLLYWOOD 38, CALIF" & "Varitron [IN SCRIPT]/ VOLTS 27 DC PAT. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A. MODEL C/ CYCLES DC SERIAL NO. CE125/ Photographic/ Products Inc. [IN SCRIPT]/ HOLLYWOOD38, CALIF"/ WHITE LETTERING ON LENS READS "BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. U.S.A. BALTAR 25MM f2.3 BF1494"/ PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE PLATE READS "ELECTRIC MOTOR CORPORATION"
Missing: UNKNOWN PARTS
Finish: BLACK CRINKLE PAINTED FINISH ON CASING/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT & MIRROR GLASS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS INC., Camera, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0414, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0414.001/

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