Ted Akimoto taking a photograph

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Densho
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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-299-144

PARENT COLLECTION

Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption: "Our cameras were bulky 4x5 Speed Graphics. Nothing was automatic. You took a wood film holder / which held one piece of film on each side, placed it in the back, pulled out a slide, put in a flash bulb, / figured out your exposure and cocked the shutter, set the f stop, focused and then shot your photo! / After that you put the slide back into the holder, removed the holder, reversed the holder, placed it / back into the camera and removed the slide and put in a fresh flashbulb!"

DATE

c.1945-1947

LOCATION

Tokyo, Japan

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

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