The Poco Exposure Meter
date: label: date made
content: 1889-1903
name: label: maker
content: Rochester Optical & Camera Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Photographic exposure scale with celluloid front and paper back. It has an interior celluloid dial, and red and blue print on front. A Light Value Table is printed on the back. One side of the dial describes various kinds of scenes ("Distance in open landscape, snow scenes with dark objects", "Sea, Dark Clouds", etc.) and the other lists kinds of film and plates. An advertisement for the Rochester Optical & Camera Company; it features the Poco Camera, one of its products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0517
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0517
objectType: label: Object Name
content: exposure scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 4 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: dial: in x 5 in x 3 in; .03175 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: envelope housing: 1/16 in x 4 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in; .15875 cm x 11.1125 cm x 22.5425 cm