Press Graflex 5 x 7

Press Graflex 5 x 7

Camera

Press Graflex 5 x 7

ca. 1907
Wood, leather, glass and brass
Overall (closed): 11 × 9 1/4 × 11 1/4 in., 13.6 lb. (27.9 × 23.5 × 28.6 cm, 6.2 kg)
Overall (open): 18 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 17 in., 13.6 lb. (47 × 23.5 × 43.2 cm, 6.2 kg)
Museum accession
1974.0028.3307
DescriptionCrackled-black leather-covered, 5x7 still camera with Kodak roll-film holder, Carl Zeiss Jena lens, black leather bellows and black leather handle with brass fittings.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal on product label on right side of camera: PRESS GRAFLEX PATENTED FOLMER & SCHWING Co. FEBY 5, 1907 ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Engraved in brass on winding knob on right side of camera: A / Engraved in brass on tensioner on right side of camera: B, 5 / Engraved in brass above prism on right side of camera: F / Engraved in white on shutter release lever on right side of camera: T, I, H / Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 303597 Tessar 1:4.5 f--25cm *fliesertrufpe*

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