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"Bantam Special" camera

(American, 1883–1960)
(American, 1889–1952)
designed 1936; produced 1936–48
Object PlaceRochester, New York
Medium/TechniqueWhite metal with plastic coating
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 12.1 x 5.1 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1441
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1986, owned by Fifty/50 (gallery) New York, New York; April 19, 1986, sold by Fifty/50 to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
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