General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION..4 HAS RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Studio & set equipment

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Dyna Lite

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Kenilworth

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

Period

THESE STANDS PRESUMABLU USED C. 1970S- EARLY 1990S. NOT USED AFTER 1992.

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. HE ALSO MAINTAINED STUDIOS IN NYS AND LONDON, ENGLAND. IN 1999 MR. KARSH WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE CENTURY. HIS PRINTS & NEGATIVES, AND PERSONAL PAPERS ARE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

Function

USED TO SUPPORT LIGHTS AND LIGHTING ACCESSORIES FOR USE IN PHOTOGRAPHY.

Technical

.1-.3 STANDS ARE SIMILAR THOSE KARSH USED IN HIS OTTAWA STUDIO, TO SUPPORT HIS MAIN AND FILLER LIGHTS(SEE 970313 & 970314);.4 COMPERABLE TO 970315.1. THEY MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THE FLOOD LIGHTS (98....). KARSH USED THE SAME STYLE/MODEL AND BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT, AND USED THEM OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Decal on tripod leg reads " [logo] DYNA-LITE, INCORPORATED/ MODEL/ 0466/ SERIAL NO./ [blank] ". Second decal on central support badly damaged, with most text illegible. Appears similar to above./.2 bears decal similar to.1, except " MODEL/ 0469 "; decal badly damaged, with most text illegible./.3 decal on central support column reads "dyna-lite/ MODEL NO. [obscured]/ [SERI]AL NO. [obscured]/ KENILWORTH, N.J. "/.4 no markings

Missing

APPEAR COMPLETE.

Finish

SILVER METAL STANDS.

Decoration

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