Originally Posted by
David Lindquist
Is the full number 528155? That is the U.S. Patent number for the Dagor. Is there another number then that could be the serial number? Perhaps on the rear cell? According to _Photographic Optics_, Allen Greenleaf, 1950, the Doppel Anastigmat Series III was renamed the Dagor in 1904.
I should have gone out to the darkroom and looked at my seven inch lens of similar vintage. On the front bezel is engraved "GOERZ DOUBLE-ANASTIGMAT U.S. PATENT No 528155 SERIES III No 2 FOC. 7 IN No 150902" The serial number 150902 is also engraved on the bezel of the rear cell.
David
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