DeVry Standard Automatic
Camera
Q. R. S. Devry Corp.
Maker
DeVry Standard Automatic
1926
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 8 × 4 × 9 1/4 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 23.5 cm)
Overall (case): 11 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (28.6 × 31.8 × 14.6 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1977.0415.0118
DescriptionCrackled black, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank, spring-motorized motion picture camera in black leather case with eye level view finder and waist level view finder. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in black on right side of camera: DeVry / Engraved in silver above crank shaft on right side of camera: HAND CRANK / Engraved in silver above crank shaft on right side of camera: WIND / Embossed in black on left side of camera: DeVry / Typed in black on white label on left side of camera: T-0L39 / Engraved in black on footage gauge on top of camera: 0-100 increments / Stamped in red inside of camera: 1937 / Stamped in yellow behind door inside of camera: CT2460 / Engraved in black on spools inside of camera: KODAK FILM MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. PATS - 1469818 - 1507357 - 1469017 / Engraved in brass on plate on sprocket housing: DeVry Chicago MADE IN U.S.A. MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT / Engraved in brass on lens inside of camera: WOLLENSAK ROCHESTER U.S.A. PAT. APPLIED
