Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 A microfilmer is a machine used by the document management industry to create microfilm . These machines are also often called imagers in the industry. A microfilmer is a camera that is used to photograph documents to create a more compact and permanent record of the original in the form of roll film or microfiche . Once the information contained on a paper document has been recorded onto microfilm , the information can be viewed later on a microfilm reader or viewer, or reproduced in paper form on a microfilm reader printer. Banking and insurance companies often convert their paper records using microfilmers. Libraries often keep newspapers and magazines which have been converted to roll film or microfiche form using microfilmers. Microfilmers are often used to preserve government records. Many companies have switched from microfilm to digital imaging systems, which offer more convenient computer retrieval of records. Microfilmers come in two basic configurations planetary and rotary. A planetary microfilmer takes a snapshot of a stationary document held on a flat surface. While the picture is being taken, the film and the document do not move. In a rotary microfilmer, both the document and the film are moving in sync with one another while the picture is being taken. This allows for quicker filming of the document. Planetary microfilmers typically offer higher image resolution than rotary filmers, and can more readily film larger documents, as well as odd shaped documents, such as books. In the 1951 film When Worlds Collide 1951 film When Worlds Collide , a roomful of planetary filmers and their operators are shown as they race against time to preserve crucial books for survivors of a doomed Earth. Category Cameras Category Archival science ca Microfilmadora es Microfilmadora ... more details
File Bell & Howell Regent home 8mm film projector.jpg thumb right 225px A Bell & Howell Regent 8mm home projector File Bell & Howell Stock Certificate Specimen .jpg thumb Specimen stock certificate Bell & Howell is a United States U.S. based former manufacturer of motion picture machinery, founded as Bell & Howell in 1907 by two projectionists, and headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois . The company merged with B we Systec Inc. in 2003 it was known as B we Bell & Howell until 2011, when Versa Capital Management bought the company and returned it to its original name. Bell and Howell provides document processing, microfilmer s, scanners, and financial services. The Bell & Howell trademark is also licensed to makers of various electronic consumer products. ref http www.bellhowell.com ref History According to its charter, Bell & Howell Company was incorporated on February 17, 1907. It was duly recorded in the Cook County Record Book eight days later. The first meeting of stockholders took place in the office of Attorney W. G. Strong on February 19 at 10 a. m. The first board of directors was chosen for a term of one year Donald Joseph Bell, chairman Albert Summers Howell, secretary and Marguerite V. Bell wife of Donald Bell , vice chairman. Austin Delaney was the President of Bell and Howell in Canada in the 1960s and 70 s. He moved with his family from England. Historically, Bell & Howell Co. was an important supplier of many different media technologies. The firm built its name making products such as a rotary framer on 35mm film projectors in 1907 a 35mm film perforator in 1908 Professional 35mm motion picture film cameras from 1909 on Printing equipment used by motion picture film laboratories since 1911 The Standard Cinematograph Type 2709 hand cranked camera used in early silent films, it was so expensive that only Charlie Chaplin and three other people owned one http www.retrothing.com 2007 06 for sale charli.html . The rest were owned by studios Newsreel and amat ... more details
Infobox person name Esther Bubley image EB mirror.JPG image size 200px caption Esther Bubley, self portrait c. 1950 birth date Birth date 1921 2 16 birth place Phillips, Wisconsin death date Death date and age 1998 3 16 1921 2 16 death place New York City , New York occupation United States American photographer spouse Edwin Locke Divorced parents Louis and Ida Bubley children Esther Bubley 1921 &ndash 1998 was an United States American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives. Biography Esther Bubley was born February 16, 1921 in Phillips, Wisconsin , the fourth of five children of Russian Jewish immigrants Louis and Ida Bubley . In 1936, while Esther was a senior at Central High School in Superior, Wisconsin , the photo magazine Life magazine Life first hit the newsstands. Inspired by the magazine, and particularly by the pictures of the Great Depression produced by the Farm Security Administration , she developed a passion for photojournalism and documentary photography . As editor in chief of the yearbook, she sought to emulate the style of Life. After high school, Esther spent two years at Superior State Teachers College now the University of Wisconsin Superior before enrolling in the one year photography program at the Minneapolis School of Art now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design . File Esther Bubley, A student at Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC, 1943.jpg thumb left A student at Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC, 1943 After college in 1941, Bubley moved to Washington, D.C. seeking work as a photographer. Failing to find a job in Washington, Bubley moved to New York City . During the 1941 Christmas season, she landed a position at Vogue magazine Vogue in New York, but she didn t like the work. Early in 1942, she returned to Washington when she was offered a job as a microfilmer for the National Archives and Records Administration . In the fall of 1942, Roy Stryker hired her as a darkroom ... more details
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