Leica camera and leather camera case

Object | Accession Number: 1996.19.30 a-b

Overview

Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rudolf Abraham and family

Physical Details

Classification: Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
Category: Cameras
Object Type: Leica camera (lcsh)
Physical Description: a. Leica camera
b. Brown leather camera case
Dimensions: a: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
b: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The camera and case were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Rudolf Abraham.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2022-09-12 12:14:16
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The collection consists of a Leica camera, postage stamps, correspondence, documents, and publications related to the experiences of Rudolf Abraham before and during the Holocaust in Germany, and in Shanghai, China, and the United States, where he immigrated in 1940.

Date: 1938-1947

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