Focus scope from the studio of H.C. Anderson

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On View: Power of Place Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Power of Place

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998

Date: 1948 - 1970s

Medium: metal and glass
Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 6 1/4 x 2 in. (12.7 x 15.9 x 5.1 cm)

Description: Black metal focus scope, used for enlarging. It has a cylindrical viewfinder on an angled arm attached to a rectangular base.

Place collected: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making

Type: photographic equipment

Topic: American South; Black Enterprise; Business; Communities; Photography; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2007.1.22

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Focus scope from the studio of H.C. Anderson