ATTACHMENT, FLASH
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact6016
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS, COPPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19950066012
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS, COPPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- 1. FLASH: 16CM (H) X 6CM (L) X 5.9CM (W). BLACK PLASTIC BASE IS FLAT AT BOTTOM AND HAS TWO NINETY DEGREE ANGLES. AT TOP HAS TWO FORTY-FIVE DEGREE ANGLES ON EACH SIDE TO MAKE BASE HAVE SIX SIDES. UNDERNEATH BASE IS ALUMINUM WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTRE FOR MOUNTING FLASH. HAS TWO SMALL PROTRUDING CIRCLES ON EITHER SIDE. ON SIDE OF BASE HAS TWO OPEN HOLES TRIMMED WITH ALUMINUM. IS A SCREW IN THE FRONT AND TEXTURED SURFACE THAT READS "KALART MADE IN U.S.A.". ON TOP OF BASE IS ALUMINUM FLASH THAT HAS SIX ROUNDED SIDES AS SUPPORT, IS SCREWED INTO PLACE. ON BACK OF SUPPORT IS SMALL LEVER THAT MOVES UP AND DOWN. ROUNDED HALF SPHERE RESTS ON THE ENDS OF THE SUPPORT VERTICALLY. VERY CENTRE IS DEPRESSED, OUTER EDGE HAS ROUNDED LIP. THE SUPPORT COMES THROUGH THE CIRCLE AND HAS HOLE ON SIDE WHERE LIGT BULB RESTS. INSIDE SUPPORT IS PIN THAT PUSHES DOWN. SUPPORT IS HELD IN PLACE BY THREE SCREWS. 2. LIGHT BULB: 2.3CM (L) X 2.1CM (W). GLASS BULB IS ROUND AND CONNECTED TO BRASS(?) PLUG WHICH HAS SPIRAL GROOVES TO SCREW INTO SOCKET AND A CERAMIC BOTTOM. ON TOP OF PLUG BY BULB IS STAMPED IN BLACK INK "8.8V". IS ALSO SOMETHING ENGRAVED BESIDE THIS, BUT IS COVERED BY SILVER COLOURED METAL. INSIDE PLUG IS WHITE, INSIDE GLASS BULB ARE TWO COPPER PRONGS CONNECTED BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE A GREEN ROCK. MINOR CORROSION AROUND CERAMIC.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- DONOR WAS AN AMATEUR CAMERA BUFF.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950066012
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-09
- Collection
- Museum
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