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Unknown Artist

[Roman Vishniac’s microscope, Germany]

Date ca. 1923
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 7 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (40.6 x 19.1 x 19.7 cm)
Print medium Equipment

A modified Ernst Leitz Wetzlar microscope No. 221651, made in Germany. The stand is dated later. Vishniac’s collection of 6X and 8X eye pieces, 4mm, 7mm, 8mm, and 16mm lenses, various cases, a loupe, and a reflector are also displayed.

Credit line

International Center of Photography, Gift of James Howard Fraser, 2011

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