General Information

Serial #

342545

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY/ LEATHER BELLOWS/ GLASS BULL'S EYE LEVEL

Dimensions

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

Length

20.0 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

28.5 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

Graflex

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS CAMERA KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN USED IN 1959, TO PHOTOGRAPH BISHOP SHEEN & GRANDNEPHEW JERRY CUNNINGHAM.

Canada

PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED BY YOUSUF KARSH, CANADA'S INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER. FROM 1932 TO 1992, MR. KARSH OPERATED FROM HIS PRINCIPLE STUDIO IN OTTAWA, PHOTOGRAPHING HEADS OF STATE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND THOSE PROMINANT IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS & NEGATIVES AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA.

Function

TO REPRODUCE GRAPHIC IMAGES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM.

Technical

4X5 MONORAIL VIEW CAMERA, FRONT & REAR STANDARDS OF WHICH HAVE BASE TILT (BUT NOT AXIS TILT). THIS CAMERA WAS ONE OF SEVERAL USED BY KARSH IN 1959, TO PHOTOGRAPH BISHOP SHEEN AND HIS GRANDNEPHEW JERRY CUNNINGHAM FOR THE BOOK "THIS IS ROME". (REF. 4, PP. 95, 141-142.)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 plate on camera front, below lens housing, reads " GRAPHIC VIEW/ REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ MADE BY THE FOLMER GRAFLEX CORP. ROCHESTER, NY U.S.A. ". " U.S. PATENT NO. 2,257,081 ". " 342545 " on reverse of camera body front panel..2-.3 no markings. PT case bears numerous intact/fragmented decals, luggage tags, etc. including card " KARSH/ [crest]/ BY APPOINTMENT/ CHATEAU LAURIER HOTEL/ OTTAWA, ONT. ".

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 06/03/1999 by Gordon Perrault: No - does not appear to be missing essential parts

Finish

.1 SILVER & DULL GREY METAL BODY; BURGUNDY LEATHER BELLOWS; RED BULL'S EYE LEVEL ON TOP/.2 BRIGHT SILVER METAL TRIANGULAR RAIL HAS BLACK END CAPS & ADJUSTMENT KNOBS/.3 BRUSHED & POLISHED SILVER METAL COMPONENTS; OPAQUE BROWN SYNTHETIC HAND GRIP/ PT CASE MFD OF BLACK RESIN (?), WITH BLACK LEATHER HANDLE AND METAL REINFORCED CORNERS &HARDWARE.

Decoration

N/A