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| tfalk Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 13 |  Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:25 am Post subject: date for a crown graphicI recently purchased a Crown Graphic with the serial number of 977422. Can anyone tell me when it was made? thanks |
| Dan Fromm Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2165 | Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:23 pm Serial number 977422 is in a batch of serial numbers (975909 - 978408) assigned on 8/17/64. The camera was probably made no later than a year after that. Graflex took about 10 months to use up the previous batch of 2500 serial numbers. Hope this helps, Dan |
| tfalk Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 13 | Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject: dating crown thanks for the help; i did some other research and found that by reading the code on the bottom of the focusing rail together with your input i believe it was made in 1965. |
| skyrick Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 5 | Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:12 pm Hi there. You wouldn't happen to be able to date my Pacemaker CG, would you? SN 440970. Thanks in advance, Rick |
| C. Henry Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 360 | Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:15 pm The list of responses to the defunct Serial Number Savy forum compiled by Shutterfinger lists 440064 as a 2x3 Crown built in 1947 and 445232 as a crown built in 1947. On the basis of that I assume that your Pacemaker CG is also a 1947 camera. C. Henry |
| skyrick Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 5 | Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:37 pm Many thanks, Mr Henry. This is a side-mount Kalart model and I understand '47 was an early example of that type. Blue skies, Rick |
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