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F6687.00011


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RB Cycle Graphic (4 x 5)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1900
PRODUCTION DATES: 1900 - 1921
FILM TYPE: plate or filmpack
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $38.00 w/o lens
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 135+
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: first unit prior to existing records, last 96033
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  RR, B&L Zeiss Plastigmat, B&L Z Protar, Voightlander Collinear,
  Goerz Double Anastigmat
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Revolving back, accepts Graflex focal plane shutter accessory.
  16" and 17" bellows, triple extension bed. Brilliant viewfinder on
  front standard. 2¼"square lensboard, "swing", actually tilt back from
  bottom by adjustment of lower part of bed braces. This model was
  listed in catalogs from 1900 - 1923. One last special model was built
  in 1920, s/n 113431." (T. Holden, 1999).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F6687.00011
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//

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RB Cycle Graphic (4 x 5)

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