Revere Model 55
Camera
Revere Model 55
ca. 1950
Metal and glass
Overall: 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.0706.0015
DescriptionCrackled-brown, rectangular, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, f/2.8 lens, variable speed and single frame exposure. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved red and black on product plate on left side of camera: Revere EIGHT MODEL FIFTY FIVE / Engraved in white on apeture dial on left side of camera: 2.8, f/4, 5.6, f/8, 11, 16 / Engraved in silver on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Engraved in black and red on exposure guide on left side of camera: BLACK AND WHITE ASA 40, COLOR FILM ASA 10, BRIGHT SUN WEAK HAZY SUN OPEN SHADE DEEP SHADE / Engraved in red under len: Revere / Engraved in silver on lens: REVERE 12.7MM f/2.8 CINE REVAR COATED / Printed in black on footage gauge on right side of camera: EMPTY, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0, FULL / Engraved in silver on speed dial on right side of camera: NORMAL SPEED 16, SLOW MOTION 64 / Engraved in black on plate on back of camera: 3-M-CO. 226502 / Embossed in black under door of camera: 11341 / Printed in white inside of camera: MADE IN THE U.S.A. BY THE REVERE CAMERA CO. PATENTS PENDING PATENT NO. 1, 941,522 / Printed in white on spool inside of camera: FILM HALF EXPOSED WHEN ON THIS CAMERA SPOOL / Engraved in black on spool: KODAK SPOOL
