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Minox III & matching light meter
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2005.006.08.02
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[between 1950 and 1959] (Manufacturing)
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- Minox GmbH
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2 pieces of photographic equipment : camera, exposure meter
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Item is one of the smallest cameras the Minox company produced. The original model, designed by Walter Zapp for use while hiking, was made in 1937 in Riga Latvia. Minox subminiatures were used as spy cameras by Nazi spies in World War II, as well as Soviet and American agents during the Cold War. The camera has its original leather case, and matching light meter . Synchronized for flash with a complan 15mm f3.5 lens.
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Internal markings 50 844.
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Item is from the Wilhelm E. Nassau/Wilfrid Laurier University donation, accession number 2011.018. Moved to the Heritage Camera Collection in 2013.