Title
Speed Graflex Camera
Description
Speed Graflex 4 x 5 camera. "Graflex cameras, made by the Folmer Schwing Company of Rochester, New York (later purchased by Eastman Kodak) were the preferred cameras of photojournalists and wartime correspondents for much of the early to mid-twentieth century. Their sturdy handheld construction adapted well for news and sports photography. The U.S. Department of the Army even commissioned combat-green versions of the Graflex cameras for use by military photographers in World War II and Korea. This popular Speed Graphic 4x5 inch film press camera was produced in the 1940s."
Creator
Graflex
Publisher
Smithsonian
Date
ca. 1940
Contributor
Yonah
Type
Photograph
Identifier
NMAH 1978.0234.01