CAMERA
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact7398
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- 50 MM ELGIN MINIATURE CAMERA
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970093014
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- 50 MM ELGIN MINIATURE CAMERA
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 8
- Length
- 13
- Width
- 6.5
- Description
- BLACK PLASTIC "ELGIN MINITURE" 50 MM CAMERA, WITH SILVER COLOURED KNOBS AND SIDES OF LENS. MARKED ON THE FRONT AROUND THE GLASS IS "ELGIN MINIATURE", "ELGIN LABORATORIES CHICAGO, ILL", "MADE IN THE USA". ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAMERA DOOR IS MARKED "USE ANY STANDARD VEST POCKET FILM 1 5/6 X 2 1/24 X 6.5" "PATENTS PENDING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". DOOR ON THE BACK IS WARPED AND NO LONGER CLOSES SECURELY. FIXED LENS AND PLASTIC VIEWFINDER ON THE TOP. HAS A SHUTTER BUTTON AND TIMER ON THE FRONT OF THE LENS.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- ITEM BELONGED TO DONOR'S YOUNGER BROTHER APPROXIMATELY 60 YEARS AGO. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HARPER FAMILY SEE P19970093001-GA. ITEM WAS MASS PRODUCED FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970093014
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-09
- Collection
- Museum
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