4' portrait attachment
Inventory Number1998-1-1704
ClassificationPhotographic Lens
Maker
Bell & Howell Company
1907 - 2001
Dimensionslens: 1.9 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm (3/4 × 3/4 × 5/8 in.)
box: 3 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
box: 3 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
DescriptionTiny lens with red rubber lens cap in small blue cardboard box. Lens is mounted in a black enameld metal barrel.
Signedon top of lense cap: inside the raised outline of a shield is: BELL & HOWELL / COMPANY/ CHICAGO
Bell & Howell Company
Date: circa 1951
Accessories: original box; shoulderc strap; lens cap and lens paper (a); unused leather case (b); one Kodak Plus-X Reversal Movie Film (c); focuser (not found 10/05/2007); instruction manuals (now in the CHSI library: "How to make perfect movies..."; Bell & Howell 16 mm equipment"; "Memo from Weston: Here are the latest film speed values for your Weston Exposure Meter"; How to Care for Film in the B & H Humidor Can")
Object number: 1997-1-0773a,b,c
Alphonse Darlot
Date: 1865-1870
Object number: 1998-1-0518
Bell & Howell Company
Accessories: original box; instruction sheet (in object file)
Object number: 1998-1-1752
Ross and Company
Date: circa 1890
Object number: 2014-1-0027
Carl Zeiss (company timeline)
Date: before 1905
Accessories: Lenscap
Object number: 1996-1-0499
Alphonse Darlot
Date: circa 1875
Object number: 1998-1-0519
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1940-1950
Object number: 1988-0009
Bell & Howell Company
Date: 1920's
Accessories: rectangular leather case
Object number: WJ0297