Slide viewer used by Hitler's personal photographer

Object | Accession Number: 2011.432.2 a-q

Overview

Brief Narrative: 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
Markings: a. side with viewing holes, on metal plaque, engraved : Grass & Worff / Inhaber: Walter Vollmann / Specialhaus / fur Photographie u. Projektion / Berlin SW. 68, Markgrafenstr. 18 [Grass & Worff / Owner: Walter Vollmann / Special dealer / for photography and projection / Berlin SW. 68, Markgrafen Street 18]
c. front : [numbers 1 - 25]
c. front, stamped, bronze ink : ICA
c. back : [numbers 1 -25]
d. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
d. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
e. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
e. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
f. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
f. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
h. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
h. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
i. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
i. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
j. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
j. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
k. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
k. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
m. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
m. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
n. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
n. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
o. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
o. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
p. front, left edge : [numbers 1- 25]
p. front, stamped, bronze ink : Zeiss / Ikon
q. engraved : Taylor
Contributor: Photographer: Hugo Jaeger
Subject: Hugo Jaeger

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
Category: Projectors
Object Type: Slide projectors (aat)
Physical Description: Slide viewer; main body (a) is a smaller wooden box mounted on a larger woodeng box; one side has two viewing holes with a glass plate on opposite side; handles on bottom portion, and a locked door to a compartment; metal plaque on side with viewing holes reads "GRASS & WORFF/ INHABER: WALTER VOLLMANN / SPECIALHAUS / FUR PHOTOGRAPHIE U. PROJEKTION / BERLIN SW. 68, MARKGRAFENSTR. 18"; inside compartment holds three wooden trays (b,g, l) with metal knobs; each tray holds four metal frames (c-f, h-k, m-p) to hold slides; frames (except for c) have numbers 1-25 on the left edge, corresponding with slots and "ZEISS / IKON" stamped in bronze on front; frame numbered c has 1-25 on both sides of the frame and "ICA" stamped in bronze on front; key (q) has a round body with one knob at end and oval head with a 8-shaped cutout; "TAYLOR" engraved on one side of head and "654" engraved on opposite side.
Dimensions: a: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 13.130 inches (33.35 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 11.880 inches (30.175 cm) | Depth: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
c: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
d: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
e: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
f: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
g: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 11.880 inches (30.175 cm) | Depth: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
h: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
i: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
j: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
k: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
l: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 11.880 inches (30.175 cm) | Depth: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
m: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
n: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
o: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
p: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
q: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Depth: 0.130 inches (0.33 cm)

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.

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