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OBJECT TYPE: COLOUR BALANCED/BLUE
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1452.001

MANUFACTURER: Sylvania
MODEL: SUPERFLASH
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER PACKAGE; GLASS BULBS; METAL SOCKET AND INTERIOR MATERIAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 6.5 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: Sylvania
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OSLON WAS A PHOTOGRPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.
Function: USED IN A FLASH UNIT TO PROVIDE ILLUMINATION FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN LIGHT IS INSUFFICIENT
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON PACKAGE INCLUDES: 'SYLVANIA/ SUPERFLASH/ ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE BLUE SPOT [EXCLAMATION POINT]/ DO NOT USE BULB IF SPOT IS PINK./ OBSERVEZ TOUJOURS LE POINT BLEU [EXCLAMATION POINT]/ NE PASEMPLOYER UNE AMPOULE DONT LE POINT EST ROSE./ SYLVANIA WIRE-FILLED BULBS ARE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA/ PRESS 25 AND 25B CLASS M (MEDIUM PEAK) FP-26 CLASS FP (FOCAL PLANE) SF CLASS F (FAST PEAK)/ WARNING...[RE BREAKAGE]'/ NO MARKINGS ON BULBS
Missing: PROBABLY THERE WERE SIX BULBS IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE
Finish: BLUE BULBS; PACKAGE - WHITE WITH BLUE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Sylvania, Flashbulb, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1995.1452, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1452.001/

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