CAMERA, BOX
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DUAFLEX II
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1954
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM
- Catalogue Number
- P19950066003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DUAFLEX II
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1954
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 11.8
- Length
- 7.3
- Width
- 7.4
- Description
- ALUMINUM CAMERA IS CUBE SHAPE WITH A BLACK FINISH. ON SIDES IS A TEXTURED FINISH WITH ALUMINUM TRIM. IS A SCREW ON TWO OPPOSITE SIDES NEAR TOP WHICH HOLD PLASTIC STRAP. HAS SMALL HOLES PUNCHED IN IT, AND GROOVES. ON LEFT SIDE OF CAMERA HAS THE APERTURE SWITCH THAT SLIDES UP FROM "I" TO DOWN AT "B". HAS TWO SMALL BUTTONS ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AT BOTTOM, AND A SILVER COLOURED BUTTON WITH AN "R" ON IT. ON OPPOSITE SIDE IS A SILVER COLOURED PIN ON BOTTOM RIGHT THAT IS A SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON. ON TOP IS THE SAME TEXTURED MATERIAL WITH A STEEL BORDER, HAS A RED BUTTON THAT READS "KODAK". ON BOTTOM IS SAME MATERIAL WITH AN ALUMINUM ROUND PIECE THAT HAS GROOVES ON OUTSIDE AND DOWN MIDDLE. DOOR OPENS FROM TOP WHERE STEEL CLASP CAN BE PUSHED DOWN. ON INSIDE OF DOOR IS WHERE FINISH IS, READS "KODAK DUAFLEX II CAMERA T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. PATS U.S.A. DES. 140,909 148,790 151,059 2,367,504 2,422,018 2,423,706 2,432,479 2,484,510 THIS CAMERA DOES NOT TAKE 120 FILM USE KODAK 620 FILM MADE IN ROCHESTER N.Y.,U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY" THEN HAS STEPS FOR LOADING OF FILM. INSIDE OF BOX HAS HOLLOW MIDDLE WITH SHUTTER IN CENTRE. ON TOP IS FILM CARTIDGE CHAMBER WITH FILM REWIND SYSTEM COMING THROUGH TOP (IS BROKEN ON OUTER SIDE WHERE SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON IS). UNDERNEATH IS CHAMBER WITH TAKE-UP SPOOL. THIS IS ON A HINGE AND PULLS OUTWARDS. STEEL BORDER ON TOP OF CAMERA LIFTS UP FROM THE BACK AND HAS ROUNDED SIDES. THIS HAS A LARGE EYEPIECE UNDERNEATH. FRONT OF CAMERA HAS STEEL PLATE DOWN MIDDLE WITH LENS SURROUNDED BY STEEL PIECE ON BOTTOM AND READS BELOW "KODET LENS". HAS VIEWFINDER ABOVE AND READS "KODAK DUAFLEX II CAMERA" IN RED AND BLACK. PLATE IS HELD ON BY FOUR SCREWS. SOME MINOR SCRATCHES ON SURFACE, TINY SPOTS OF CORROSION, STRAP IS TEARING.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- USED BY DONOR WHO WAS AN AMATEUR CAMERA BUFF.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950066003
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-09
- Collection
- Museum
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