General Information

Serial #

9924

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cast steel assembly, light metal dome-shaped reflector housing with leather bellows and glass lens elements.

Dimensions

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

Length

72.0 cm

Width

61.0 cm

Height

178.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

Unknown

Canada

Owned by the SES Defence Research Board, Suffield, Alberta. The SES began in 1941 as a test facility focused on the threat of chemical warfare on Canadian and allied troops. The Suffield Experimental Station (SES) conducted research and development relating to chemistry, physics and meteorology, offensive munitions and physiology, using laboratories and the approximately 2500 sq. km Experimental Proving Ground. By the end of World War II, SES had a staff of 600 who had thoroughly researched chemical warfare agents and their use as weapons, smokes, flame warfare, biological warfare, and ballistics. In 1947, SES became part of the Defence Research Board, and conducted many field trials on chemical warfare. Gradually the chemical warfare (CW) program changed its focus, and in1967 SES was renamed Defence Research Establishment Suffield (DRES).

Function

Used to project an enlarged image from a negative onto a sheet of photographic paper.

Technical

An early follow focus system where the housing height is geared to the bellows to give an "autofocus".

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.001: Enlarger Small mfr's plate on the inside of the upright, focusing scale has raised unpainted numbers. *See individual artifact records for more 'marking' info. for .003 &.004.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Base and upright are finished in crinkle-finish grey paint; Reflector is crinkle-finish, silver P T outside and polished chrome inside.

Decoration

N/A