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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATE/BELLOWS
- DATE
- 1926–1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0631.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Folmer Graflex Corp.
- MODEL
- SPEED GRAPHIC
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 25060
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY; LEATHER BELLOWS AND CAMERA COVER; GLASS LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.5 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 21.0 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
- Graflex
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
- Canada
-
ORIGINAL OWNER, VICTOR ALBOTA, AN OTTAWA NATIVE, WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE RCAF FILM & PHOTO UNIT IN WW II. STARTING IN 1945 HE WORKED FOR THE T.V. LITTLE PHOTO CO. IN OTTAWA FOR 6 YEARS AND DID ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE OTTAWA JOURNAL [SEE PHOTO OF WALTERS AXE CO. IN S.I. FILE]. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES ON FILM - Technical
-
THE STANDARD PRESS CAMERA OF THE THIRTIES AND LATER. ALLOWS USE OF LENSES IN SHUTTER MOUNT OR FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER.[REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED AROUND LENSES: 'TRADE GRAPHEX MARK f/4.5 5.6 8 11 16 22 32''GRAFLEX OPTAR f/4.5 NO 294926 6 3/8" FOCUS'/ PLATE ON TOP: 'SPEED GRAPHIC/ TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT OFF/ TENSION NUMBER/ 1 [TO] 6/ CURTAIN APERTURE/ A/ 10 [TO] 40/ B/ 70 [TO] 150/ C/ 200 [TO] 400/ D/ 500 [TO] 1000/ MFG'D BY/ THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORPORATION/ 25060 ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.'/ PRINTING ON FLASHGUN: 'EXTENSION SHUTTER BATTERY REMOTE/ GRAFLITE/ REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY CATA[?]'/ MOLDED ON EYEPIECE: 'GRAFLEX'
- Missing
- SHUTTER SEIZES OCCASIONALLY. FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER SEIZED.
- Finish
- BLACK WITH SILVER TRIM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Folmer Graflex Corp., Camera, between 1926–1946, Artifact no. 1996.0631, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0631.001/
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