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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1478.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL BODY; GLASS FILTER AND LAMP; SYNTHETIC CORD/.2 GLASS FILTER

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.5 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Height: 1.5 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.
Function: USED TO PROVIDE ILLUMINATION IN A DARKROOM WHEN DOING FILM DEVELOPING WITHOUT DAMAGING THE FILM IMAGE BY BLOCKING OUT CERTAIN COLOURS.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 LABELS ON OUTSIDE READ IN PART: '200 VOLTS/ OR LESS/ Kodak Utility Safelight Lamp/ MODEL C/ For indirect ceiling illumination:.../ For direct illumination:.../ EASTMAN KODAK COM[?]/ MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.''SOLE IMPORTER INTO CANADA/ CANADIAN/ KODAK CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO/ C.S.A. APPROVAL NO. 1759'/ STAMPED IN LAMP: 'CSA LR397691 30V 25W KOREA'/.2 &.3 PRINTED ON GLASS: 'SAFELIGHT Kodak FILTER/ WRATTEN/ Series OA'
Missing: HANGING CHAIN ON ONE SIDE
Finish: .1 TOP: MATTE GREY TEXTURED FINISH ON OUTSIDE;WHITE MATTE INTERIOR; BLACK FRAME FOR FILTER/.2 &.3 YELLOW STRIP AROUND OUTSIDE EDGE; YELLOW TINTED SURFACE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Filter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.1478, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1478.003/

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