Metal and wood attachment used by Hitler's personal photographer

Object | Accession Number: 2011.432.16

Overview

Brief Narrative: Fragment (possibly part of the slide viewer); 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
Contributor: Photographer: Hugo Jaeger
Subject: Hugo Jaeger

Physical Details

Classification: Tools and Equipment
Category: Fasteners
Object Type: Brackets (lcsh)
Physical Description: Fragment; black wooden bar with metal frames along long sides and a metal and wooden piece mounted to swivel on back; bottom metal frame has numbers 1-6 written twice.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm)
Inscription: front, bottom, on metal frame, handwritten, black ink : 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6

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 07:12:30
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The collection consists of camera equipment, glass slides, and documents relating to the experiences of Hugo Jaeger, who was a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Date: approximately 1933-1945

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