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box of slide projector lenses

box of slide projector lenses

Date: 1971-1984
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0235
Classification: Projection Lens
Subject:
optics, color theory,
Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (1881-present)
Maker: (Photo Research Division) Kollmorgen Corporation (1916-present)
Maker: Buhl Optical Company (circa 1930 - 1996)
User: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Rochester, Pittsburgh, Chatsworth,
City of Use:
Cambridge,
Dimensions:
box: 16.5 × 31.5 × 16.5 cm (6 1/2 × 12 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Material:
glass, plastic, metal,
Description:
Nine different lenses in slide tray box. Two are identified as "Vario-Retinar 70-120 (from Kodak); One Kodak Projection Ektagraphic FF lens; Five Buhl Optical 6.0" (152mm) f:2.5 (marked 533-060). Two of them are marked "MATCHED-"A""; One Photo Research accessory lens (MS-80A Supplementary S.N. S2223).

All these were most likely used with the projectors mounted on the racks, found on 2004-1-0159a, 2004-1-161a and 2004-1-0211.
Signedon lens: Kodak

on lens: Buhl Optical

on lens: PHOTO RESEARCH
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.

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