Prewar German travel camera and tabletop radio collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4121
• English
• 1938-1939
• overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 21.375 inches (54.293 cm) | Depth: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

AEG 28W tabletop radio manufactured by the German company AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitaˆts-Gesellschaft), a pioneer in electrical power engineering and a worldwide supplier of electrical equipment and systems. AEG factories were essential to the production of aircraft, automobiles, and railways. In 1933, AEG provided financial support for the newly formed Nazi government. The company initially resisted the antisemitic racial policies of the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 and retained Jewish employees, including members of the managing board. But in 1936-37, facing financial difficulties, the company ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4122
• English
• overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Wooden tailboard or travel camera with a rotating bellows for capturing horizontal and vertical photographs made in Europe around the turn of the 20th century. This type of camera has a hinged base or tailboard, allowing for rear focusing with a ground glass back. Once the focus is fixed, the glass is replaced with a glass plate negative. This variant of tailboard camera is also known as a continental view due to its equally wide front and body sections. Travel cameras were developed for use by professional photographers outside the studio. The design was perfected in Germany, where they ar...