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[lower cloister interior, copy]

Matte print on crosshatched/textured paper, ounted on grey paper, mounted on larger thick brown card. Copy from same negative as 2008.001.612. Depicts the interior of a building, perhaps a lower level, with stone walls, arched window openings, and arched ceilings. A wooden stircase is seen in the background. no inscriptions.

[Wienhausen, church interior]

matte gsp mounted on white paper, mounted on yellow-brown mottled card. Depicts the interior of a church with intricate murals and decorations. There is an arched door visible in the middle and a staircase leading up on the right. Verso inscription, top centre, pencil, reads: "Wienhausen, Aufgary Normenchar" (?)

[Imperial Germany portraits]

This glass lantern slide is representative of personas from Imperial Militaria Germany (1871-1918). It has four portraits of men, they have been identified as Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Frederick III (Emperor in 1888 for 99 days, successor to William I and predecessor of William II), Helmuth von Meltke the Elder (Chief of Staff of the Prussian Army from 1822-1888) and Otto von Bismarck (Chancellor from 1871-1890). In the portrait of Frederick III, he is wearing the Order of the Black Eagle, which means he was Emperor in this picture. Since Frederick III only ruled in 1888, and the other three were either still in power or just retiring, we have tentatively dated the piece for after 1888. This year refers to the Year of Three Emperors, because it was the year that William I died, the year Frederick III ruled and died, and that William II took over as Emperor. The images are in colour, potentially colour halftone process on a glass slide. Just one pane of glass, printed on verso.

[German street scene] (sub-series 2)

matte gsp mounted on thin white paper, mounted on larger green mottled card. Depicts a brick-paved street in a town. The street is lined with stores with German signs, and a church steeple can be seen over the roofs. Signs read: "farberei," Ludwig Brummer," Gasthaus Goldemen Lowen Hermann Puls." No inscriptions.

Zeiss Ikon Tenax I

Item is a simple camera for 50 exposures ( 24x24mm ) on regular 35mm film . It was built 1939 t0 1941, the low serial No indicates a small production of this camera , possibly because of the war.
The foldable lever transported the film and cocked the Compur shutter.
The lens is a non exchangeable Zeiss Novar Anastigmat 1:3.5 with a focal length of 35mm. The Viewfinder is a simple Newton finder , it is folded onto the body Focusing by front lens in a simple helical mounting.

Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta (A) 531

Item is a high quality black leather-covered folding roll film camera, with a rangefinder of the rotating wedge type, gear coupled to front cell focusing lens. This camera has a chrome top. It has the normal lens - a Tessar 75 mm 1:3.5. and a Synchrop Compur shutter.

Zeiss Ikon Maximar B 207/7

Item is a high quality folding plate camera with a drop bed style, double extension bellows, rise and fall, plus shift front movements. It came with a brilliant view-finder housing a built in spirit finder and a wire frame finder. The Maximar B 207/7 accommodated a 9 x 12cm size dry plate and was available only in black. It came with a 135/4.5 Tessar in Compur lens (S# 1889973).

Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex III, demonstration model

Item is the last pre-war Ikoflex model, released in June of 1939 and made in Stuttgart, Germany. For 6 x 6 cm exposures on 120 format roll film. The focusing screen has a condenser, magnifier for focusing and an “albada” finder (sports finder) in the hood. The viewing lens is an f3.5, 7.5 cm Teronar Anastigmat, lower lens is a Triotar f 3.5, 7.5 cm, Carl Zeiss Jena. Shutter is a Zeiss Ikon Compur Rapid, with speeds of 1 - 1/400 second and Bulb. Model number "853/16" is stamped under the lens assembly. Inside the viewfinder is a chart for seasonal exposure times.

Zeiss Ikon Deckrullo-Nettel

Item is a Zeiss Ikon Deckrullo-Nettel folding/bellows plate camera. The Deckrullo-Nettel is an improved model of the Nettel. The strut mechanism is characteristic of Nettel, and gives variable bellows extension for focusing, with a focus knob on the left side. The end of one of the struts appears as the pointer on a focus scale, in a slot in the top of the body. The camera also has a wire frame finder.

Zeiss Ikon Contina-matic II

Item is a non-folding camera with a coupled selenium meter. Has an uncovered beehive selenium cell on the front. It has a fixed Pantar F2.8 45mm lens.

Zeiss Ikon Contessa-35

Item is a folding 35mm rangefinder camera with built-in dual range and uncoupled exposure meter. Manufactured in the Zeiss Ikon AG factory in Stuttgart, Germany from 1953-1955, this model has a Synchro Compur lens. The model name, "Contessa" is inscribed in gold on the leather door covering, and round rangefinder window directly above lens. The camera has double exposure protection and the shutter will not fire unless camera has film and is advanced.

Zeiss Ikon Contessa

Item is a 35mm rangefinder camera. The Contessa comes with a four element (coated) Tessar 45mm f2.8 lens (S# 923318) and a 9 speed Synchro Compur + B shutter. A leather case is included.

Zeiss Box Tengor 54/2

Item consists of a box camera, for 5 x 7.5 cm exposures on 127 film. Model has two finder lenses placed horizontally across the top front side of the camera. The camera also has an extended hexagonal front plate around the lens with stops and closeup settings around it. There is a black enamel trim around the front end of the camera and a diamond shaped winding knob at the top right side.

Woman raising right arm in costume

Item is a cabinet card photograph of a character from Wagner's opera Lohengrin. Mostly illegible script written on photograph, except, '1894'. Text below photograph reads, 'Lohengrin, Bayreuther Buhrenfest - Spiel'. Text on verso reads, 'W. Hoffert, Hof Photograph. Breslau, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Magdeburg, Dresden, Hannover. Photographische Kartenfabrik v. Paul Suss, Dresden.

W. Hoffert Hof Photograph

Wienhausen Unterer Kreuzgang

Matte print mounted on thin white paper, which is mounted on mottled light brown card. Image depicts the interior of a building, lower level, with stone walls, arched window openings, and arched ceilings. A wooden staircase is seen in the background. Verso inscription in pencil, upper centre: 'Wienhausen Unterer Kreuzgary." (Wienhausen, lower cloister)

Voigtländer Vito BL

Item consists of a Voigtländer Vito BL 35mm viewfinder camera. It has a Voigtländer Color-Skopar 1:3.5/50mm lens and a Prontor-SVS leaf shutter. It is similar to the Vito B, but features a built-in exposure meter.

Voigtlander Vito II

Item is a 35 mm folding camera that has an accessory shoe attached. Comes with "color Skopar" F3.5/50 mm lens and a Prontor-S shutter.

Voigtlander Brilliant

Item is a mock twin lens reflex camera with Bakelite body and metal fittings, for use with 120 roll film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder used only to frame the view and not to focus.

Voigtlander Bessa II

Item is a folding camera, designed as an updated version of Bessa RF (1936), with housing for coupled rangefinder in chrome instead of black. Synchro-Compur 1/500 shutter. Heliar f3.5.105 lens. 6 x 9 cm prints on 120 roll film.

Various Agfa filters

Item consists of three Agfa Lichfilters (light filters). Each filter is individuall packaged in a box. Item includes an "Agfa Mittleres Gelbfilter Nr. 3," a "Nr. 20 - Farbenfilter - 60/60mm," and a "Nr. 3 - Gelbfilter - 75/75mm."

Agfa Ansco Co.

Tree Huggers

Mounted image of three men with arms stretched out encircling a big old tree and holding hands. Text in blue ink below photograph reads, 'Korner-Eiche Dallwitz'. Text in blue ink on back of mount reads, 'W Fritsch Neu-Drahowitz bei Karlsbad, Specialist fur Platinbilder u. Vergrosserungen. Die Platten werden fur Nachbestellungen aufbewahrt.'

Toy Magic Lantern

Red lacquered, barrel shaped children's toy magic lantern. Simple model that could be used with a candle. Manufactured by the German toy company 'Gebrüder Bing'. Ignaz Bing and his brother Adolph Bing founded the retail company selling household items in 1863 and began to manufacture their own toys in the late 1870s.

Gebruder Bing

The Palace, Berlin

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in gold and black. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "4300 The Palace Berlin" in print above "J. Levy & Cie Succrs de Ferrier Pere Fils & Soulier." On other side in black and gold print "T.H. McAllister, Manuf'g Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York." Image is of a side view of the palace, and an equestrian statue on a bridge next to the palace. Palace known in Germany as the Stadtschloss which translates to 'city palace.'

The Dome of Cologne

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Sticker on wood frame with the letter Y written on it. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "5229 Pont of Dome de Cologne." Image is of a floating bridge with the Dome of Cologne in the background, looks to be scaffolded like it's still being built.

Stolzenfels on the Rhine

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Handwritten in pencil on the wood frame is "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Handwritten on a sticker in ink "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Landscape image of a lake with a town and a castle - that of Stolzenfels - in the hills.

Stereographs, Germany

File consists of stereographs depicting various locations, buildings, and monuments in Germany, such as palaces, castles, monuments, lakes, markets, gardens, and bridges.

15 stereoscopic photographs by Keystone View Co.
7 stereoscopic photographs by J.F. Jarvis
4 stereoscopic photographs by Strohmeyer & Wyman
1 stereoscopic photograph by Kilburn Brothers, 1 in association with James M. Davis
8 stereoscopic photographs by Underwood & Underwood
3 stereoscopic photographs by W. England
2 stereoscopic photographs by E. W. Kelley
1 stereoscopic photograph by E. Nesemann
1 stereoscopic photograph by A. Braun
1 stereoscopic photograph by Anslem Schmitz
1 stereoscopic photograph by Baldi & Wurthle
5 stereoscopic photographs by Quaker Oats Co.
21 stereoscopic photographs by unidentified publishers

St Goar, Germany

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "Rheinfels Saint Goar et Saint Goars Hausen Rhin." A sticker with Y on wood frame. Image is of the town of Saint Goar in Germany on the Rhine river with a view of the Rheinfels castle.

Scrapbook about Lenin

Scrapbook with hand written text, compositioned with glued photographs of Lenin and printed text. There is a separate letter written in Russian by a pioneer dated May 20, 1970. It was written in Gera, Germany. The pioneer is grateful for the parcel and letter that they had received. They also describes their participation in the concert for Lenin's 100 anniversary, which included folk dancing, music, gymnastics and Russian poetry reciting about Lenin and the USSR. Most of the text is in German, with some Russian. The FDJ (Free German Youth) logo is featured on the last page along with Soviet and German flags.

Royal Palace, Berlin

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on wood frame handwritten in ink "Throne Room - Royal Palace - Berlin" and on glass in black ink "4324 La Salle Blanche Chateau Royal Berlin" in french - translated means 'the White Room Royal Palace'. Image of inside throne room in the Royal Palace, Berlin, Germany.

Rolleiflex Grey Baby, demonstation model

Item is a knob-advance twin lens reflex camera for 4 x 4 cm exposures on 127 format film. More compact than other twin lens reflex cameras, with a smaller negatives, the Grey Body has a Xenar f3.5 lens with a Syncrho compur shutter. The camera comes in a gray leather case and is equipped with an ultra violet Waltz filter and a lens hood.

Rolleiflex Grey Baby

Item is a knob-advance twin lens reflex camera for 4 x 4 cm exposures on 127 format film. More compact than other twin lens reflex cameras, with a smaller negatives, the Grey Body has a Xenar f3.5 lens with a Syncrho compur shutter. The camera comes in a gray leather case and is equipped with an ultra violet Waltz filter and a lens hood.

Rolleiflex Automat model 1

Item is medium format twin lens reflex camera for 6 x 6 cm exposures on 120 format film. Lens is a Zeiss Tessar f4.5, 75 mm. with a Compur shutter, 1 - 1/300 sec.. The Automat models included a film counter that used the thickness of the film roll backing to count exposed frames. The Model 1 is also known as Model RF 111A.

Rolleicord Model 1

Item is an inexpensive version of the classic Rolleiflex medium format, twin lens reflex camera with fewer features. Shot 6 x 6 cm exposures on 120 film; adapters could be obtained to shoot with 35mm and sheet film. The lens is a Zeiss Triotar f 3.8, 7.5cm with a 28.5 filter screw mount.

Rio 12C

Item is a Rio 12C folding camera manufactured by Orionwerk Akt. Ges. Hannover. IBSOR DRP Meyer-Gorlitz Nr. 434172 Anastigmat Trioplan 1/6.3 F=10.5 cm lens. Company existed as Orionwerk from 1921 to 1933.

Rhine

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on glass in black print "Rhine" and "51." Sticker with Y on wood frame. Image of the façade of a cathedral, with houses/rooftops on either side.

Retina III c

Item is a 35 mm still camera with Retina-Xenon f2/50 mm. lens and Synchro-Compur 1-1/500 MX shutter.

Retina III C

Item is a 35 mm camera featuring a Retina-Xenon c f2.0/50 mm lens and a Synchro-Compur shutter. The case is attached through a metal screw in the bottom of the camera.

Potsdam Palace, Prussia

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "1430 Palais de Potsdam Neu (Prusse)" in french. Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Image of the New Palace (Potsdam), former prussian palace, in Germany.

Porcelain Decree of Peace commemorative plate

Commemorative white porcelain plate with gold trim and writing, with image of Vladimir Illyich Lenin and the sickle and hammer, and a boat. The writing is in Old Russian, which reads: 70 decree of peace, adopted unanimously at the All-Russian Congress of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies 26 October 1917. It was created in the German Democratic Republic by Weimar.

Optima 500

Item is a Agfa Optima 500 35mm camera. The camera introduced a new body for the Optima, similar to the Agfa Silette Record of 1963, containing a selenium meter, rapid-wind level on bottom, a shutter release on lens barrel, and a red-green signal in bright-frame finder. This item features a Color-Apotar f2.8/45 mm lens, an automatic programmed Compur shutter f2.8/30 to f22/500, and a square shutter release.

Nurnberg album

Item consists of a small album with postcards of Nuremberg. Album has a red cover, and the pages inside are white with accordion binding. .Contains panorama views and cityscapes, as well as architecture photographs of churches, buildings and landmarks.

Postcard have location description below the image, as well as the following text: Verlag v. Rommler & Jonas, K.S. Hof-Photogr. Dresden 1888

Minox daylight developing tank

This item is a daylight developing tank, manufactured by Minox and made of bakelite material. The tank comes with two rings to be used in the development of shorter 15 and 36 exposure lengths of film introduced in 1968 and 1969. The thermometer is no longer with the tank. The tank comes with original packaging.

Minox III & matching light meter

Item is one of the smallest cameras the Minox company produced. The original model, designed by Walter Zapp for use while hiking, was made in 1937 in Riga Latvia. Minox subminiatures were used as spy cameras by Nazi spies in World War II, as well as Soviet and American agents during the Cold War. The camera has its original leather case, and matching light meter . Synchronized for flash with a complan 15mm f3.5 lens.

Minox C camera

Sleek horizontal metal camera that expands to reveal lens. This is an auto-exposure camera, but there are 3 adjustable dials on top. Comes in specially fitted black leatherette carrying case. Takes 8.5 x 11mm film, and has a focal length of 15mm.

Minox B

Item is a sub-miniature camera with a built in meter for 8 x 11 mm exposures on 9.5 mm film in special cassettes. The camera has a Complan f3.5/15 mm lens. Made in Wetzlar Germany.

Linhof master Technika 1

Item is a bellows camera for 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 exposures on sheet or roll film. The lens is mounted on a non Linhof plate and is a substitute - a Schneider Xenar f4.5 105 mm. lens, with a Compur shutter 1-1/250 . Bellows show repair attempt. Cleaned and lubricated. Viewfinder has a special cover plate. A plate for lens change range finder and calibration is mounted on the camera. With Linhoff handle and 4 film holders.

WARNING: When closing front cover, the lens must be fully retracted.Avoid force.

Linhof Technika lenses

Item is a lens for 4 x 5 in. exposures on sheet film Schneider-Kreuznach symmar f6.8/130 mm. lens, Compur-Synchro shutter 1-1/500 sec. Includes 2 other lenses: Scheider-Kreuznach symmar 1:5.6 135 mm, and the other is 1:5.6 240mm. Both have Compur shutters. This camera is considered to be the ultimate for architecture and technical photography. It is still on the market and still used by professionals.

Linhof Super Technika III 6x9

Item is a large format camera for 6 x 9 cm exposures on sheet or roll film. The Technika system used interchangable lenses mounted on boards. The back is extendible and is adjustable no all four corners to control for perspective. A plate for lens change range finder and calibration is mounted on the camera and the viewfinder has a special cover plate. No plate holder, or film holders are included, the lens is mounted on a non Linhof plate and is a substitute - a Schneider Xenar f4.5 105 mm with a Compur shutter 1-1/250.

Leica iif

Item is a small, hand-held metal camera with black vulcanite cover on body. Summitar lens (f=5cm), strap and lens cap included.

Leica 1 (A)

Item is a 35mm Leica camera. This pre-war model, produced from 1925 to 1930 was the first commercially produced Leica and the first mass produced 35mm camera of high quality. The non-interchangeable Leitz Elmar lens is f. 3.5 50mm with a focal plan shutter. The Leica company (a combination of the last name Leitz and the word Camera), had an unexpected role in WWII Germany; Ernst Leitz II, director of the Leica company from 1920 to 1956, began hiring young Jewish workers in his Wetzlar lens factory shortly after Adolf Hitler took control of Germany. The interns, an estimated 50 overall, were trained and sent to work in the company's New York offices, saving them from the Nazi regime's Anti-Jewish Legislation.

Leica Camera

Lanterna Magica

Item is a child's, oil lamp magic lantern set manufactured by German company Ernst Planck. The set contains a tin projector, two-part lens, oil lamp, and 12 lantern slides. Instructions for use are printed in German, French, and English on the underside of the box lid, and are as follows:

"Directions for using. Place the Lantern on a table, the lenses facing a smooth white sheet at a distance of about 3-5 feet. See that the wich of the lamp is cut even, then light the lamp which you have filled with petroleum. Let the flame be as large as it is possible without smooting. Put the lamp into the lantern in a way that the screw of the wick is on one side. Now place the slide upside down in the lantern, adjusting the focusing tube by moving it either in or out until the picture is distinctly seen on the white sheet. If the table is at a farther distance, the pictures will be much larger, but not as distinct. The nearer the lantern is standing to the sheet, the more distinct but smaller the pictures will be. The room must be perfectly dark. "

Kodak Retinette 1B

Item is a small hand held camera with a black plastic body and metal fittings. It uses a Rodenstock Reomar lens f2.8 (45mm) and a shutter with speeds from 1/15 to 1/500 sec., printed with the words "PRONTO-LK". It has a photo-electric exposure meter coupled to the aperture setting. Serial no. 127064.

Kodak A.G.

Kodak Retinette

Item is a brushed chrome and leather camera with hot shoe for use with 135 roll film. Compur-rapid Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar lens.

Kodak A.G.

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