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- OBJECT TYPE
- BOX
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0213.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Houghton's Ltd.
- MODEL
- ENSIGN 2.5
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 479
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL WOOD BODY AND FILM TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY/ METAL SPOOL HOLDERS AND FILM ROLLERS/ METAL FITTINGS FOR SHUTTER AND CLOSURES/ LEATHER COVERED
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.2 cm
- Width
- 9.7 cm
- Height
- 14.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Houghton
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY 1900'S
- Canada
-
OWNER - W.H. HICKS (SEE SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY, SUPP.INFO. FILE) - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'ENSIGN' STAMPED INTO LEATHER HANDLE, PLATE ON FRONT DENOTED'HOUGHTON'/ SMALL PLATE ON BACK ADDED ON BY DEALER UPS 'UNITED PHOTOGRAPHIC STORES' INDICATED SOLD EITHER IN MONTREAL OR OTTAWA (MOST PROBABLY MONTREAL AS VINTAGE INDICATES EARLY IN UPS HISTORY.
- Missing
- YES, SMALL METAL FRAME AROUND UPPER VIEWFINDER
- Finish
- BODY LEATHER COVERED WITH LEATHER HANDLE (BLACK) INSIDE AND OUT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Houghton's Ltd., Camera, between 1920–1929, Artifact no. 1980.0213, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0213.001/
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