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OBJECT TYPE: BOX/ROLLFILM 118
DATE: 1910–1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0194.001

MANUFACTURER: Ansco
MODEL: BUSTER BROWN 2A
LOCATION: 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: WOOD BODY WITH LEATHER COVERING/ LEAHER STRAP/ GLASS OPTICS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.8 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: 14.5 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: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: EARLY 20TH C.
Canada: CAMERA COLLECTED & USED BY LORIS RUSSELL, PALEONTOLOGIST AT ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT IN FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
Technical: ANSCO CO. WAS FORMED BY E. & H.T. ANTHONY CO. & SCOVILL & ADAMS IN 1902 & USED NAME ANSCO SINCE 1907. IN 1928 ANSCO MERGED WITH AGFA TO BECOME AGFA-ANSCO. BUSTER BROWN CAMEWRAS WERE PRODUCED BY ANSCO AS COMPETITION FOR KODAK'S BROWNIE CAMERAS & WAS NAMED AFTER CARTOON CHARACTER TO APPEAL TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED INTO LEATHER STRAP "No. 2A BUSTER BROWN". TAG ATTACHED TO CAMERA READS "#52/ BUSTER BROWN 2A/ 1903-1910/ FOCUS UNIVERSAL/ 20'/ F14 F18 F25/ 116 FILM" & "FAULTS: LENS TILTED/ DOWNWARDS/ GLASS COMING/ APART BUT STILL/ VERY SHARP"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BLACK EXTERIOR WITH METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Ansco, Camera, between 1910–1924, Artifact no. 2003.0194, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0194.001/

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