A box for the lens.
Universal Camera Corp.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1936
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
32 x 22 x 20 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524751.2
Summary
A box for the lens. The box is white cardboard and the top is marked 'Ilex-Univar f5.6 precision lens with iris diaphragm'. The sides are marked 'Ilex Optical Co. Rochester, N.Y.' and the end is marked 'f5.6 Made in U.S.A.'
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Universal Camera Corp., manufacturer