Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Graflex Corp.
- Physical Description
- Brown box, with Taylor-Hobson lens; cook anastimat sn#157701,6.5in
- Summary
- Charles and Anne Lindbergh used this camera, a popular model of its day, during archeological surveys of Pueblo ruins in the Southwest and Mayan ruins in Mexico in 1929. Flying a Curtiss D-12 Falcon, the Lindberghs explored and photographed the Canyon de Chelly area in New Mexico and found several Indian ruins hidden from ground view. During the Lindbergh-Carnegie Maya Expedition, they located unknown Mayan ruins in Mexico. Both surveys highlighted the value of aviation and aerial photography to archeological research in remote areas.
- Credit Line
- Donated by Juan T. Trippe
- Inventory Number
- A19791497000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Materials
- Metal, Glass, Fabric
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Lens Open, Focusing Hood Open): 41.9 × 15.2 × 41.3cm (1 ft. 4 1/2 in. × 6 in. × 1 ft. 4 1/4 in.)
- 3-D (lens open, bellows closed): 1 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 6 1/2 in. × 8 3/4 in., 8lb. (43.8 × 16.5 × 22.2cm, 3.6kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Thomas W. Haas We All Fly
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19791497000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv912726201-ecf0-4d66-9216-da178954befb
