General Information

Serial #

2887

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & METAL CONSTRUCTION/ MANY AREAS COVERED IN BLACK IMITATION LEATHER/ ALUMINUM PANELS COVER BOTH FILM & WORKS COMPARTMENT DOORS/ LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.5 cm

Width

31.5 cm

Height

34.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Universal Camera

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

A 1914

Canada

Unknown

Function

Unknown

Technical

FILM TRANSPORT MECHANISM SIMILAR TO EARLY FRENCH LUMIERE/PATHE MOVEMENT. FEATURES INTERNAL 200-FT FILM MAGAZINES, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. (400-FT CAMERAS WERE MADE FOR US ARMY DURING WWII). WITH ADDED FEATURES WHAT WAS PRIMARILY A FIELD CAMERA BECAME A STUDIO CAMERA (REF. P.628)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO CAMERA FRONT BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'UNIVERSALCAMERA/ MODEL C CAMERA NO. 2887/ UNIVERSAL CAMERA DIVISION/ BURKE & JAMES, INC.CHICAGO U.S.A. NEW YORK'/ THREE METERS APPEAR ON CAMERA BACK. TOP: CIRCULAR RING BEARS INCISED GRADUATIONS FROM 0-180, IN INCREMENTS OF 10, ON RIGHT HALF ONLY. MIDDLE: ROUND FACE OF METER BEARS INCISED GRADUATIONS FROM 0-180, IN INCREMENTS OF 5- METER'S PURPOSE UNKNOWN. BOTTOM: ROUND FACE OF METER BEARS SCALE OF 0-25 FEET, IN INCREMENTS OF.25. ALSO ON METER FACE: 'EACH QUARTER/ GRADUATION/ INDICATES FOUR/ EXPOSURES MADE/ EACH HALF GRADU-/ ATION INDICATES/ ONE COMPLETE TURN OF HANDLE/ PAC INVENTORY STICKER APPEARS ON SIDE DOOR/ '2199' STAMPED INSIDE RIGHT

Missing

LENS & ATTENDANT FITTINGS/ FRONT PANEL/ CRANK

Finish

SILVER FISH-SCALEPATTERN ON ALUMINUM DOOR PANELS/ BLACK COWHIDE TEXTURED LEATHERETTE COVERS MOST OTHER EXTERNAL SURFACES

Decoration

N/A