Leica Model III
date: label: Date made
content: 1933 - 1939
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: The Leica III was essentially a Leica II with a slow speed dial added for speeds from 1 to 1/20 second. The Leica III also had an improved rangefinder with a magnification of 1.5 that made focusing easier. Early production Leica III’s like this one were all black finish. As the 1930s progressed chrome finished cameras became more popular than black paint or black enamel finishes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0357.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0357
label: catalog number
content: 89.357.1
label: serial number
content: 116665
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera
label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Other Terms
content: Camera; Sensitized Material; Production; Still; Rollfilm; Hand; Miniature; Rigid Body; Single-Lens
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 15 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in