Film holder used by Hitler's personal photographer

Object | Accession Number: 2011.432.4 a-b

Overview

Brief Narrative: Film holder and case used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fern M. Schad
Markings: a. top, top center, engraved : Heidoscop / No 158842 / D. R. P.
Contributor: Photographer: Hugo Jaeger
Subject: Hugo Jaeger

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Containers
Category: Cases
Object Type: Photograph cases (aat)
Physical Description: Film holder (a) and case (b); film holder (a) is a meta rectangular box with a blue shiny top and black sides and bottom; top has metal frame around shiny section, with "hEIDOSCOP / NO 158842 / D.R.P." engraved at one end; one of the smaller sides has a metal handle attached, with a piece of paper with the letter "H" written on it taped to side beneath handle; one of the longer sides has a paper taped to it with "UMKEHR - T - / 19 [?]1[?]" written on it, and a guage showing the number "6" or "9"; the other long side has a tab with the letters "A" and "Z" on white circles near the tab; the bottom has a slide the runs the length of the body with "Z" at the left side and "A" at the right; a white rectangular sticker is affixed above the slide with a numbered 3x4 grid; case (b) is leather with wood sides; one of the short side opens on a hinge; a strap that runs the length of the case and attaches to a knob at the opposite end of the case is held in place by two straps rivitied to bottom of the case; the hinged side has a pad attached to the inside by four rivets; two white stickers on outside of hinged side have "UMKEHR - T - / 12 PLANFILME / 19/18" written on them.
Dimensions: a: Height: 1.630 inches (4.14 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 7.380 inches (18.745 cm)
Inscription: a. left side, on tape, handwritten, black ink : Umkehr - T - / 19 [red ink] / 1 [?]
a. right side, right edge, below metal clasp, on circular sticker, handwritten, black ink : Z
a. right side, right edge, to the left of the metal clasp, on circular sticker, handwritten, black ink :
a. front, on tape, handwritten, black ink : H
a. bottom, upper center, on circular sticker, handwritten, black ink : Z
a. bottom, bottom center, on circular sticker, handwritten, black ink : A
a. bottom, right side, on white sticker, handwritten, black ink : 1 2 3 4 / 5 6 7 8 / 9 10 11 12
b. hinged side, on white stickers, handwritten : Umkehr - T - / 12 Planfilme / 19 / 18

Rights & Restrictions

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

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Photographers--Germany--Biography.
Geographic Name: Germany--History--1933-1945--Pictorial works. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
Corporate Name: Nazi Party

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The glass slide was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Fern M. Schad.

Record last modified:: 2023-06-01 07:12:24
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