Leica M3

Leica M3

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Description
This fully functioning M3 camera has several parts of the body casing cutaway to show the inner workings of the camera. There is no lens.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
camera
Other Terms
rollfilm; hand; miniature; rigid body
date made
1958
maker
Leica
Ernst Leitz
place made
Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
ID Number
PG.007032
accession number
246412
catalog number
7032
serial number
927562
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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