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| Dating a Crown Graphic | |
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| fourfeathers Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 2 |  Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: Dating a Crown GraphicI'm looking for a site that when provided with the seial number of the Crown Graphic, can tell you when it was manufactured. For the record, my Crown's serial number is 934327 Thanks in advace! |
| Henry Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1662 | Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:43 pm 1959. |
| fourfeathers Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 2 | Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:33 pm Thanks Henry! |
| Woodyspeed Joined: 10 Mar 2009 Posts: 8 | Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: Crown Graphic date of manufacture Henry: You dated a Crown at 1959 with a serial number starting with a 9. Does this 9 indicated the last year of 1959. BTW, my Crown's serial number is 910495. |
| Henry Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1662 | Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:48 pm Would it were so simple, but AFAIK, any such match is purely coincidental, and is not borne out by the list as a whole. Others may wish to comment. Your 910495, for instance, dates from c. 1956. |
| SYNCHROJAMES Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 38 | Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: Crown Graphic age Can you stand one more how old is my camera? The data plate indicates mfg'd by GRAFLEX INC, Rochester, SN #950070, & the code under the yoke is H2A. Thanks, James |
| Dave Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 78 | Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:50 am August 1962, presumably a Crown Graphic. ('H' is August-- eighth letter of the alphabet means the eighth month. '2' = 1962.) |
| SYNCHROJAMES Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 38 | Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: CAMERA AGE Thanks Dave-my camera is a CG. One question tho-if the "2" indicates 1962, what is the number used for 1972? James |
| Les Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 | Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:34 am "2" But the "A" at the end means it's the first version. At some point there will be a major or minor change to the camera. It's highly unlikely that any product would last ten years without a change, As it happened, my Feb of '73 Crown was B8B. |
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