Leica IIIg Camera with 50mm Lens
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957-1967
name: label: maker
content: Leica
notes: label: Description
content: The Leica IIIg was the last of the screw mount Leica cameras and was manufactured after the introduction of M series bayonet mount Leica cameras in 1954. The camera has a self timer (also known as delayed action) lever on the front. This now common camera feature was late in coming to Leica cameras and was only introduced with later IIIf models in 1954. The collapsible Summicron lens on this camera was introduced in 1953 and used rare earth Lanthanum glass in a seven element design.
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Leica Cameras
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0225.13
label: accession number
content: 1996.0225
label: serial number
content: 859827
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0225.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.4 cm x 4.7 cm x 9.1 cm; 6 1/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in