Bakelite Camera
notes: label: Description
content: The Universal Camera Corp. was organized in New York in early 1933, with the aim of producing a camera that was inexpensive to purchase and easy to use. This is an example of the firm’s first product, made in 1933. New, it cost 39¢, while a roll of film cost 10¢. The inscriptions read “Univex” and “Use Univex No. 00 Film Rolls Only” and “Model A Camera / U.S. Pat. Des. / 89,888 / Other U.S. And / Forg’n Pats PDG” and “Universal Camera Corporation / New York, N.Y., U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0138.18
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0138.18
label: accession number
content: 1984.0138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 64 mm x 89 mm x 51 mm; 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm