Trade catalogs from Wollensak Optical Co.

Date: 1900s

Company Name: Wollensak Optical Co.Related Companies: Woco Associates

Place: Rochester, New York, United States

Topic (Romaine Term): Photographic equipment and suppliesArtists; drafting; crafts materials and suppliesTelevisionScientific and optical instrumentsSporting goodsTopic: Artists' materialsCamerasHandicraftMechanical drawingOptical instrumentsPhotographic industryScientific apparatus and instrumentsSporting goodsTelevision supplies industry

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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_28790

Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature

Notes Content: "Wollensak" lenses ; "Raptar" lenses and shutters for still photography ; enlarging lenses ; "cine" lenses ; movie projection lenses ; filters ; "Graphex" shutter ; home movie equipment ; "Rambler" field glasses ; short "History of Wollensak Optical Company (Until 1958)" ; "Fastax" cameras , lenses , film , and accessories ; "Wollensak" "TV Raptar" lens , for filming television ; "Velostigmat" lenses ; other lenses ; motion picture lenses ; "Allscope" telescopic spectacles mounted on glasses frames ; "Wollensak World" September 1924 , including "American Photography" with articles on copying prints , "inking up bromoils" , quotas potentially improving studio business , modifying enlargemants , "Making Animated Cartoons at Home" , darkroom construction , photographing nature and wildlife , and "Cinechrome" color cinematography ; "Wollensak" "Riflescope" scope sight for hunting ; "Wollensak" microscopes ; lenses for color photography ; telescopes ; "Lensology and Shutterisms" September-October 1923 , May-June 1924 , July-August 1924 , September-October 1924 , May-June 1925 salesmen's or retailers' catalog ; other photographic , optical , and motion picture equipment .Includes: Trade catalog, price lists and historiesBlack and white imagesColor imagesPhysical Description: 63 pieces; 1 box

Record Id: SILNMAHTL_28790

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