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Camera
- Description
- The camera is a long rectangle shape. It is black with a silver film advance knob. On the front around the lens are the words "Dick Tracy" in bold letters, with a cartoon picture of a man (Dick Tracy).
- Title
- Dick Tracy Camera
- Brand Name
- Dick Tracy
- Manufacturer
- Seymour Products
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- United States
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Start Date
- 1940
- End Date
- 1941
- Description
- The camera is a long rectangle shape. It is black with a silver film advance knob. On the front around the lens are the words "Dick Tracy" in bold letters, with a cartoon picture of a man (Dick Tracy).
- History Of Use
- The Dick Tracy camera was marketed by the Seymour Products company of Chicago, Illinois circa 1940. The camera was constructed of black plastic Bakelite (an early form of hard, brittle plastic) with a built-in eye-level view finder and fitted with a decorative interchangeable metal face plate. It featured a fixed focus meniscus lens and simple shutter provided snap shot and time exposures.
This miniature camera was capable of producing sixteen photos, 3 x 4 cm in size, on #127 or A8 roll film. This camera design was part of the Chicago Common Style of cameras. This style was very common and originated from Jack Galter’s 1939 United States camera patent #114,324.
- Accession No.
- 2013.24.124
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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