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OBJECT TYPE: 127 ROLLFILM
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0036.001

MANUFACTURER: Ansco
MODEL: CADET
LOCATION: Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 13.5 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: Agfa Ansco
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Binghamton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: ALEX STIRTON (1915-1996), HUSBAND OF DONOR, WAS A NOTED CANADIAN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER. HE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN COLLECTING CAMERAS IN THE 1980S. NMST ACQUIRED SEVERAL FROM HIS COLLECTION. [REF 1]
Function: USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES ON FILM
Technical: ONE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE AMATEUR CAMERA AVAILABLE TO CANADIANS IN THE EARLY 1960S. IT IS ADDED TO NMST'S TYPOLOGICAL COLLECTION FOR THAT REASON. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON FRONT OF CAMERA: 'Ansco/ B&W/ COL/ ANSCAR/ LENS/ CADET'/ MOLDED IN BOTTOM: 'MADE IN USA BY ANSCO DIV. GEN. ANILINE'/ ON BACK OF FLASH UNIT: 'ANSCOFLASH V/ SUBJECT DISTANCE IN FT./ ANSCO FILM/ ANSCOCHROME "D"/ ALL WEATHER/ LAMP FT. FT./ M2 6-15/ M2B 5-8/ M5/ M25 8-21/ M5B/ M25B 6-11/ MADE IN USA/ Ansco/ BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK BODY WITH GREY AND SILVER FRONT; FLASH ATTACHMENT: BLACK WITH SILVER REFLECTOR
Decoration: BASKET WEAVE DESIGN ON SIDESOF VIEWFINDER

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Ansco, Camera, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1999.0036, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0036.001/

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