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F6686.00035


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Naturalists' Graflex

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Folmer-Schwing Div. of EKC
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1907
PRODUCTION DATES: 1907-1921
PATENT DATE: 1907 & 1908
FILM TYPE: sheet, etc.
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $190.00 w/o lens
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 45 at least
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: reflex
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: No 19 f/6.3 B & L Zeiss Protar

NOTES:
  "One of the rarest of the Graflex cameras, it has a long body and
  bellows to accomodate lenses up to 26" focal length. 1907 model has a
  stationary viewing hood, set to the rear. After that, viewing hood
  could be positioned to view from top or back." McKeown, 1992, p.163.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F6686.00035
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 860

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992.//

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Naturalists Graflex

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