Flashbulb
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGSTEN BALANCED/CLEAR
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0453.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- SURE FIRE 5
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BULBS: GLASS AND METAL/ CARDSTOCK PACKAGE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.5 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY BOUGHT FOR USE IN THE 1950S
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED AND PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED WITH A FLASH UNIT TO PROVIDE ILLUMINATION FOR TAKING STILL PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN THE LIGHT IS INSUFFICIENT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON TOP OF EACH BULB: 'GE [LOGO]'/ PRINTING ON CARTON INCLUDES: 'one dozen/ NUMBER/ 5/ GE [LOGO] sure-fire/ FLASHBULBS/ Guaranteed to flash every time/ FULL CARTON/ GUARANTEE/ GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC/ NUMBER 5 FLASHBULBS/ CLASS M (MEDIUM PEAK)/ Balanced for Kodacolor and Flash Type Color Films/ FOR THOSE WHO PREFER SIMPLE CAMERAS/.../FOR THOSE WHO PREFER ADJUSTABLECAMERAS/.../ GUARANTEE/.../ LAMP DEPARTMENT/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ 165 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario/ Made in Canada'
- Missing
- 3 BULBS
- Finish
- BULBS: CLEAR GLASS; SILVER COLOURED FILAMENT/ CARTON: YELLOW AND BLUE BACKGROUND WITH BLUE & RED PRINTING; INNER CARDBOARD HOLDER: WHITE WITH BLUE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Flashbulb, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1997.0453, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0453.001/
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