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primus96



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 127mm Ektar lens has serial number ET3212 with a small L in a circle.
Camera Serial number is 966825.
The lens date is 1949, which may have been ordered in a massive batch & used whenever.
Would I be incorrect to suppose that my Crown is one of the earliest with the Graflok back?
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Gandolf



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Camera was made in '49-'50. However retro fitting Graflok backs was common.

Through 1951, Graflex Inc had a promotion with the dealer to retrofit unsold Graphic backed cameras to the Graflok system at a considerable savings, so it's entirely possible to find a camera from '48 that has a "factory" Graflok back.

"One of the earliest"---there's no way to tell

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