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OBJECT TYPE: CLOSE-UP/PARALLAX CORRECTION
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1415.001

MANUFACTURER: FRANKE & HEIDECKE
MODEL: ROLLEINAR 3
LOCATION: Brunswick, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL; GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.6 cm
Width: 6.1 cm
Height: 1.3 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: ROLLEI
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Brunswick

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.
Function: USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A CAMERA, TO ALLOW FOR THE TAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUBJECTS CLOSE-UP - FROM 12 1/2 TO 9 1/2 INCHES.
Technical: THE SET CONSISTS OF TWO OPTICALLY MATCHED FRONTAL LENSES. THE LENS FOR THE VIEWING LENS IS COMBINED WITH A PRISM FOR PARALLAX CORRECTION. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON BASE: 'R III/ GERMANY/ Rolleinar/ 0,35'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: MATTE BLACK BASE; POLISHED METAL LENS MOUNTINGRINGS; CLEAR GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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FRANKE & HEIDECKE, Lens, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1995.1415, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1415.001/

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