Graflex Camera serial number

**cam bug22** · 26-Aug-2009, 20:42

My camera has a serial number 453560. How can I get the date of manufacture?
Thanks in advace,

Mike U

**RichSBV** · 26-Aug-2009, 22:08

Graflex serials numbers are not exact and very often sporadic...

You can ask on graflex.org and hope for an answer. The "not the serial number book" shows 453426 as a 1947 Pacemaker Speed. 455004 is also listed as a 4x5 Pacemaker Speed but no date. It is an early one for sure.

The "not the serial number book" is available at the Graflexchange at:
http://www.southbristolviews.com/gra...ange/index.php

**Dan Fromm** · 27-Aug-2009, 01:47

Originally Posted by cam bug22

My camera has a serial number 453560. How can I get the date of manufacture?
Thanks in advace,

Mike U

The book, which gives the dates on which blocks of serial numbers were assigned, places 453560 in the block 452640-457139, which was set aside for 4x5 Speed Graphics on 12/22/47. After the block y'r camera is in was assigned, Graflex changed their s/n numbering system.

There's no way of knowing for sure when y'r camera was made. Probably 12/47 or sometime in 1948.