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Camera
- Material
- PLASTIC; FABRIC-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- a) A grey camera with a lens, a viewer, a lever for taking the picture, and a removable back panel. The lens is round glass depressed into the front of the camera. The lens has a lip around it and a series of grey round steps leading down to the glass. The viewer is a square shaped tunnel at the…
- Manufacturer
- Imperial Camera Corp., Chicago
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- UNITED STATES
- Description
- a) A grey camera with a lens, a viewer, a lever for taking the picture, and a removable back panel. The lens is round glass depressed into the front of the camera. The lens has a lip around it and a series of grey round steps leading down to the glass. The viewer is a square shaped tunnel at the top of the camera leading from the front to the back of the camera and covered at both ends with glass. The viewer is bigger at the front than at the back. The lever for taking the picture is protruding from one side. The back panel can be locked shut with a rotating lever on the back. On the bottom of the camera is a dial for rewinding the film. Inscribed on the front of the camera is 'Satellite II/ Imperial/ 127 4x4/ Imperial Camera Corp. Chicago, I11./ Color/ B&W/ Made in USA'. On the back is inscribed 'Open/Lock/Pat Pending'.
b) The removable back panel.
- Material
- PLASTIC; FABRIC-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Height
- 8.5
- Width
- 8.5
- Length
- 6
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1986.10.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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