Folding camera owned by Laura Fitzpatrick
date: label: Date
content: 1933-1942
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Belgian, founded 1867
label: Owned by
content: Laura Fitzpatrick, American, 1927 - 1987
notes: label: Description
content: An Afga Billy Record 8.8 folding camera owned and used by Laura Fitzpatrick. The camera uses an Agfa Anastigmat Jgestar 1:8.8/105mm lens and 120 roll film. The silver metal components could be nickel or chrome. On the front of the camera above the fold-out is [Agfa], and below the fold-out reads [BILLY-RECORD]. The aperture ring, depth-of-field scale, and focusing ring read [100 / 50 / 25 / B], [8-5m 5 - 2m / 8-16 feet 16-6 feet], and [16 / 11 / 8.8]. White text around the lens reads [AGFA-ANASTIGMAT-JGESTAR-F: 8.8-].
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of her children in memory of Laura Fitzpatrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.72.3
objectType: label: Type
content: cameras
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal , plastic , glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (16 × 9 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (16 × 9 × 13 cm)