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Camera Viewfinder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0217
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0217
- Description
- Silver metal folding Leitz 2.8cm view finder attachment in original red cardboard box - the box has a hinged lid and the product details printed on the front in gold.
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- Title
- Camera Viewfinder
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Silver metal folding Leitz 2.8cm view finder attachment in original red cardboard box - the box has a hinged lid and the product details printed on the front in gold.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0217
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- Date
- 1969 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0150
- Description
- An Asahi Pentax 6x7 camera fitted with “Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR” lens. The main body of the camera has four small round metal protrusions on the front where accessories such as a flash can be attached. There appears to still be a roll of film inside the camera.
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1969 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass;
- Dimensions
- 14.4 x 18.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- An Asahi Pentax 6x7 camera fitted with “Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR” lens. The main body of the camera has four small round metal protrusions on the front where accessories such as a flash can be attached. There appears to still be a roll of film inside the camera.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0150
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Camera Accessories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0125%20a-d
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal; paper; wood;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0125 a-d
- Description
- Miscellaneous camera equipment housed in a red Contina box that includes a paper, wood, and metal bellows that is rectangular at one end and round at the other, a square Tiffen lens hood with an Endalite ring attached to one end, an empty metal Agfa 35mm film canister with a green sticker on the to…
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- Title
- Camera Accessories
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal; paper; wood;
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 9.2 x 13.9 cm
- Description
- Miscellaneous camera equipment housed in a red Contina box that includes a paper, wood, and metal bellows that is rectangular at one end and round at the other, a square Tiffen lens hood with an Endalite ring attached to one end, an empty metal Agfa 35mm film canister with a green sticker on the top, and various lens caps and pieces - mostly plastic, one metal. On one short end of the box is a piece of paper adhered that has “Rollei Lensehood 3x4 “ “ [Lenshood] Rollei Lensecap” written in black ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0125 a-d
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- Date
- 1962 – 1965
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; glass; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0138
- Description
- A Mamiya twin reflex lens with a plastic lens cap housed in a leather case lined with red velvet. The lens has a solid metal mount where it fits into a camera. Both lenses are 1:4.5 f=18cm.The case has a leather hinged lid, leather brackets on both short sides where a strap could be attached, and i…
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- Title
- Camera Lens
- Date
- 1962 – 1965
- Material
- leather; fabric; metal; glass; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 8.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A Mamiya twin reflex lens with a plastic lens cap housed in a leather case lined with red velvet. The lens has a solid metal mount where it fits into a camera. Both lenses are 1:4.5 f=18cm.The case has a leather hinged lid, leather brackets on both short sides where a strap could be attached, and is held closed with a snap on a leather tab.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0138
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- Date
- 1883 – 1926
- Material
- cardboard; metal; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0129 a,b
- Description
- Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s be…
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- Title
- Camera Lenses
- Date
- 1883 – 1926
- Material
- cardboard; metal; glass;
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 7.8 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s before expanding into camera lenses and microscopes/telescopes towards the turn of the century. The company was founded in Rochester NY.The smaller lens was manufactured by Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., a merged company between Gundlach Optical Co. and Manhattan Optical Co. that took place in 1902, which produced various kinds of bellows cameras. Both companies were based in Rochester NY prior to merging.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0129 a,b
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Exposure Meter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0141
- Date
- 1955 – 1958
- Material
- metal; plastic; leather; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0141
- Description
- A General Electric Exposure Meter (type PR-3) in a black leather pouch. The meter has several dials on the front in order to set the exposure, a silver metal button on the left-hand side, a brief instruction plate attached to the back, and a black and gold fabric cord attached to the bottom. It is …
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- Title
- Exposure Meter
- Date
- 1955 – 1958
- Material
- metal; plastic; leather; fabric
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 6.7 x 8.2 cm
- Description
- A General Electric Exposure Meter (type PR-3) in a black leather pouch. The meter has several dials on the front in order to set the exposure, a silver metal button on the left-hand side, a brief instruction plate attached to the back, and a black and gold fabric cord attached to the bottom. It is mostly made of black plastic - the dials on the front and instruction plate on the back are both metal. The leather pouch has a front flap that snaps closed at the bottom and is mostly open on the inside so as to access the meter’s dials - there are openings on the left-hand side and the bottom for the button and cord. In the bottom right corner of the front flap is an embossed gold crown.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0141
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- cardboard; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0126
- Description
- Three unopened boxes of extra 4x5 glass plates tied together with a piece of string. Each box has a paper adhesive label on one short end identifying the contents.
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- Title
- Glass Plates
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- cardboard; glass;
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 14.4 x 19.6 cm
- Description
- Three unopened boxes of extra 4x5 glass plates tied together with a piece of string. Each box has a paper adhesive label on one short end identifying the contents.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0126
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Handheld Flash
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0139
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0139
- Description
- A handheld flash with an expandable reflective disk housed in a black plastic pouch inside the original cardboard box.The flash is mostly black with grey accents and has a metal hook on the bottom where it would attach to a camera, an articulated head so the disk could move, a distance gauge on the…
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- Title
- Handheld Flash
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 4.7 x 11.1 cm
- Description
- A handheld flash with an expandable reflective disk housed in a black plastic pouch inside the original cardboard box.The flash is mostly black with grey accents and has a metal hook on the bottom where it would attach to a camera, an articulated head so the disk could move, a distance gauge on the back, two small rectangular buttons on the back [one red and one green], and a black plastic cord coming out of the front just below the disk.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0139
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- Date
- 1954 – 1966
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0210
- Description
- Leica M3 black and silver camera. The camera features the viewfinder on the far left, with ports for a flash and a light beside it [the light port has a yellowed rubber plug in it], as well as a rapid film advance lever on top - a new feature for the M3. Also on the top of the camera is a slot for …
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- Title
- Leica Camera
- Date
- 1954 – 1966
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass;
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 5.0 x 14.7 cm
- Description
- Leica M3 black and silver camera. The camera features the viewfinder on the far left, with ports for a flash and a light beside it [the light port has a yellowed rubber plug in it], as well as a rapid film advance lever on top - a new feature for the M3. Also on the top of the camera is a slot for accessories such as flashes, viewfinders, and adapters. The camera is fit with a f=2,8 cm 1:6,3 lens with a plain metal lens cap that has the Leica logo stamped on it. Small metal wire triangles are looped through small holes on both sides of the camera, possibly where a carry strap would be attached. There is no film in the camera.
- Subject
- Peter Whyte
- photography
- camera equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0210
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; leather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0142
- Description
- Black and silver metal Mamiya-Sekor twin flex lens hood in a brown leather case that snaps closed. Both the lens hood and case have the logo embossed on one side and “MADE IN JAPAN” on the other.
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- Title
- Lens Hood
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; leather
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 5.2 x 7.3 cm
- Description
- Black and silver metal Mamiya-Sekor twin flex lens hood in a brown leather case that snaps closed. Both the lens hood and case have the logo embossed on one side and “MADE IN JAPAN” on the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0142
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