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OBJECT TYPE: 2 IN. TO 6 3/8 IN./VERTICAL
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1532.001

MANUFACTURER: SIMMON BROS. INC.
MODEL: OMEGA D2
LOCATION: Long Island City, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 173018
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL AND SYNTHETIC WITH WOODEN BASE EASEL/.2 &.3 METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 107.0 cm
Width: 66.0 cm
Height: 45.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SIMMON
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Long Island City

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLS OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC AMONGST OTHER CLIENTS.
Function: USED TO PROJECT THE IMAGE OF A NEGATIVE ON TO SENSITIZED PAPER TO MAKE A POSITIVE PRINT. BY ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LENS AND PAPER, THE DESIRED DEGREE OF ENLARGEMENT OF THE IMAGE IS OBTAINED.
Technical: HAS A VARIABLE CONDENSER SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE USE OF ONE CONDENSER FORDIFFERENT FOCAL LENGTHS. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 MFG'S PLATE: 'PAT. NO. 2,469,009/ SIMMON/ MODEL/ Omega D2/ ENLARGER/ SER. NO. 173018/ SIMMON BROS. INC./ LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.'/ ON LAMPHOUSE: 'REG. U.S./ TRADE MARK/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ SIMMON/ Omega/ CONDENSER LAMPHOUSE/ TYPE D/ 115 VOLT AC DC 75 WATT/ ENLARGING LAMP NO. 211/ SIMMON BROS. INC./ LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y./ UL/ CSA'/ ON CONDENSER: 'SIMMON/ Omega/ VARIABLE CONDENSER/ FOR 2" TO 6 3/8" ENLARGING LENSES/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ SIMMON BROS. INC., LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.'/.2 STAMPED ON ARM: '35NC/ S'/.3 STAMPED ON ARM: '242411C/ S'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 COMBINATION OF BLACK MATTE TEXTURED FINISH AND SHINY SILVER FINISH/ EASEL STAINED AND VARNISHED/.2 &.3 GLOSS BLACK PAINT FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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SIMMON BROS. INC., Enlarger, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1995.1532, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1532.001/

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