Canon AE-1 35 mm Camera
date: label: date made
content: ca 1990s
name: label: maker
content: Canon
notes: label: Description
content: This Canon AE-1 35mm camera is a 1990s version of the popular Japanese electronically-controlled automatic single lens reflex camera first introduced in 1976. Popular among amateurs, this light plastic camera was an important success for Canon against its many camera competitors in Japan and the United States.
label: Description
content: From its invention in 1839, the camera has evolved to fit many needs, from aerial to underwater photography and everything in between. Cameras allow both amateur and professional photographers to capture the world around us. The Smithsonian’s historic camera collection includes rare and unique examples of equipment, and popular models, related to the history of the science, technology, and art of photography.
place: label: Place Made
content: Japan: Tōkyō, Tokyo
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0061.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0061
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0061.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera, 35 mm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 15 cm x 11 cm; 2 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in x 4 5/16 in