General Information

Serial #

M44355

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL? CASING COVERED IN LEATHER; METAL LENS HOUSING & PARTS; LETAHER BELLOWS; GLASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2 LEATHER WITH VELVET LINING, METAL HARDWARE/.3 METAL/.4 METAL & LEATHER

Dimensions

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

Length

12.0 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

15.0 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

Zeiss

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1930'S

Canada

CAMERA BELONGED TO MR. MALCOM MACMILLAN THOMSON, HUSBAND OF DONOR. HE WAS CANADIAN ASTRONOMER AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AT TIME SERVICE, & WAS KNOWN AS "CANADA'S TIMEKEEPER". HE WROTE "THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG DASH: A HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING IN CANADA", PUBLISHED IN 1978.

Function

DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT - TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.

Technical

IDEAL NAME COVERED SEVERAL MODELS. MODEL NO. 111 6.5X9 SIZE HAD ALUMINUM BODY. SPECIFICATIONS FOR IDEAL VARIED OVER TIME & IN DIFFERENT MARKETS BUT IT WASCAMERA FOR ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHER, HAVING RISE & CROSS FRONTS, RACK FOCUSING, HINGED FRONT STANDARD (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LOGO INSIDE FRONT READS "ZEISS/ IKON"; INDENTED LETTERING ON LEATHER HANDLE READS "Ideal 111"; INCISED LETTERING INSIDE BACK READS "M44355"; INCISED LETTERING ON INSIDE OF BACK READS "637"; WHITE LETTERING AROUND LENS READS "Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 634304 Tessar 1:4.5 f = 12 cm"; WHITE LETTERING ON CAMERA FRONT READS "D.R.P. No 258646 D.R.G.M", "COMPUR", "Ica/ Dresden"; "ZEISS/ IKON" LOGO EMBOSSED IN LEATHER OF CAMERA BACK/.3 RAISED "ZEISS/ IKON" LOGO & "726/3"/.4 INDENTED "Ica" & "Dresden [SCRIPT]"; RED LETTERING INSIDE READING "Kodak/ Cut Film Sheath"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK LEATHER EXTERIOR & BELLOWS; BLACK PAINTED METAL; METALLIC PARTS/.2 BROWN EXTERIOR; PURPLE INTERIOR/.3-.4 BLACK

Decoration

.1 UNIDENTIFIED EMBOSSED LOGO IN LEATHER ON CAMERA FRONT