large leather camera bag
Datecirca 1959
Inventory Number2009-1-0019c
ClassificationCamera Accessories
Subject
Maker
Pignons SA
1918 - 1990
Maker
Kamerabau Anstalt Vaduz
Owner
Marion Morehouse
1906 - 1969
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions30.5 × 34 × 21 cm (12 × 13 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriesinstruction manual; remote release cables (2); black neck strap; large leather camera bag (2009-1-0019c); Vivitar Electronic Flash (2009-1-0019b)
Description
Signedstamped on camera bag: T. ANTHONY
stamped on camera bag in gold: M. M. C.
Curatorial RemarksThe Makro-Kilar lens was designed by Heinz Kilfitt's Kilfitt Optische Fabrik of Munich Germany, but actually produced in the huge bustling metropolis of Liechtenstein by Kamerabau Anstalt Vaduz.
For more information, go to the following <a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/mackilar.htm" target="_blank">website</a>.
ProvenanceMarion Morehouse Cummings, New York City. Donor referred to CHSI by the Houghton Library, Harvard University, where E. E. Cummings' papers and related objects are housed.
Historical AttributesThis camera originally belonged to Marion Morehouse, professional photographer, former model, and wife of e. e. cummings. Her initials M. M. C. are stamped on the camera bag.
Pignons SA
Date: circa 1959
Accessories: remote release cables (2); black neck strap; Vivitar Electronic Flash (2009-1-0019b); large leather camera bag (2009-1-0019c); instruction manual (in object file);
Object number: 2009-1-0019a
Accessories: a) camera, b) film magazine containing 16mm film, c) film magazine (no film inside), d) sound cable, e) battery cable, f) wooden box. One file folder containing correspondence and manuals now in instrument file. Used with 2009-1-0066, Power supply
Object number: 2009-1-0052a-f
Accessories: 1 black plastic body cap, 1 instruction manual stored in instrument file folder, 1 neckstrap, 2 shutter release cables, 1 Duracell Alkaline Battery PX28A 6 volts (now stored with batteries)
Object number: 2008-1-0116a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1925
Accessories: 8x "Periplan" eyepiece; release cables (2); plate holders (2); B & L magnifier; unmarked eyepiece; case
Object number: 1996-1-0003
Polaroid Corporation
Date: 1945-1960
Accessories: shutter release cable, bulb, Polaroid adapter ring, piece of glass, plastic "ground glass for use in centering the easel of your Copymaker.
Object number: 2009-1-0069g
Polaroid Corporation
Date: 1964-1978
Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); framing kit (2009-1-0040)
Object number: 2009-1-0031
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: 50 mm F/2 Summicron lens; 2 lens caps; body cap; variable format finder; waist level finder; 2 cable releases ; skylight filter; Leather case with carrying straps; cardboard box; instruction manual.
Object number: 1997-1-0740
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: transformer (2009-1-0081)
Object number: 2009-1-0072
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: microscope lamp (2009-1-0072)
Object number: 2009-1-0081
Zeiss-Aerotopograph
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: instrument is in original wood storage/carrying case. listed accessories: base plate, mirrors (2) and tubular holders (2), anchors (2), prism yoke, monocular adapter, lighting set with bulbs (3, one currently in lamp, its box in box of 2009-1-0002b), 2 monoculars (4 or 6 power) [6x24 (infinite) L or R Zeiss aerotopo logo), "fork"-shaped support (V rather), green filters (2) , dioptre lenses (2), strabismus-correcting lenses (2), photo holder, permanent magnets (8)
Object number: 2009-1-0002a
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Accessories: probably used with 2009-1-0064, Jefferson transformer
Object number: 2009-1-0063
Jefferson Electric
Accessories: Probably used with 2009-1-0063, lamp
Object number: 2009-1-0064