Leica M3 camera with 50mm f/2 lens
date: label: date made
content: 1960
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
label: maker
content: Leica
notes: label: Description
content: The Summicron lens was introduced in 1953. The lens incorporates rare earth elements in its seven element design and was considered the standard lens until superseded by the 50mm f1.4 Summilux.
label: Description
content: Camera; Leica M-3, Serial No.: #1010400, with a Summicron lens-50mm f2; Serial No.: 1762377, and cap. Cap has dried residue on it. Camera is black and silver. “Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz GMBH, Wetzlar, Germany” is on top of camera.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 2011.0268.10
label: accession number
content: 2011.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0268.10
label: serial number
content: 1010400
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Object Name
content: Camera
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm