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Folmer & Schwing/Graflex Serial Numbers
(First posted by 'Shutterfinger' on graflex.org)

4839 - cycle graphic -- 1897

12780 – RB Auto – 1906-1908 guesstimate

14230 (15103 overstrike) 3x4 RB Tele – 1907

15359 - 5x7 Press Graflex -- 1907-1908? last patent Feb. 5, 1907

20310 – 4x5 RB Auto – 1910-1911? last patent date Aug. 31, 1909

28207 - pre introduction speed – 1911

28613 – 3x4 Auto – 1911-1912

3?173 – 2x3 Auto – 1912-1914

33214 – 3A Graflex – 1912-1914

47402 - Graflex 1A -- 1915 approx.

44859 – 2x3 Auto – 1915-1916

48245 - 3.25 x 5.5 compact graflex – early 1920’s

56232 – 5x7 Home Portrait – 1916-1917

66669 – top handle speed – late teens

78238 – 5x7 press graflex – approximately 1915

780(8)45 – 4x5 Top Handle Speed –1915

77482 – 3A Graflex – 1915-1916

84407 – 5x7 Press Graflex

85996 - top handle speed –1917-1918

86300 – 4x5 top handle speed – 1917-1918

87794 - 5x7 speed – 1918-1919

88330 – 5x7 compact Graflex - 1917-1918

88374 – 5x7 compact graflex – 1916-1918

91208 – 4x5 Auto Graflex -- 1916-1919

92230 – 2x3 Auto – 1917?

95361 - 3x4 RB Auto – 1918-1919

100508 – 2x3 RB Graflex Jr (camera not dated by book holder, est. 1917-1919)

100573 – RB Graflex Junior

101084 – 3x4 top handle speed – 1916-1917

109798 – 5x7 compact graphic – late 1919 – 1920

110518 - 3x4 Top Handle Speed Graphic (camera not dated, est. 1919 )

111170 – 3.5 x 5.5 Top Handle Speed – 1918 to 1920

114168 – 3x4 RB Tele – march 1921

119544 – RB Series B – spring 1922, listed as a Tele

122098 – 3x4 RB Auto – 1922-1923

126379 – 2x3 RB Auto – 1923

141580 – 4x5 Auto Graflex – 1924

142772 - 3x4 Series B -

143124 – Series B – 1925

144339 – 3x4 Series B – 1925

146133 – Series B – 1925-1926

154561 – RB Series B – 1926

157258 – 5x7 2D --

160990 – 3x4 RB Auto – 1928

161429 – Series D -- 1927

162053 – Series B – 1928

167748 – RB Series D – late 1929 – early 1930

173470 – RB Series B – 1930

173655 – RB Tele Graflex – 1930 logged as Series D

173747 – RB Series D -- 1930

175549 – 5x7 Speed graphic – 1931

178123 – 3x4 RB Series B -- 1931

182582 – 3x4 series B – July 1933

186880 – 4x5 pre anniversary -- 1935

187383 – 3x4 Series D -- 1935

187838 - -- 1935

188090 – 5x7 Speed – 1935

188112 – 5x7 Speed – 1935

188672 – 4x5 RB Series D – late 1935

198477 – 4x5 Series D -- 1937

199363 – speed – 1937

199732 – speed -- 1957

224448 - pre anniversary – 1937 to 1939

225775 – anniversary – 1939

225988 – first 2x3 rb speed graphic? (non-verified eBay auction comment)

226272 - 2x3 Revolving Back Speed Graphic – SN verified to “last half 1937”

226451 – 3x4 pre anniversary – late 1937

226919 – 2x3 RB Series B – 1937

226704 – 3x4 RB Series D – 1937

226919 – 2x3 RB Series B - 1937

229303 – 3x4 pre anniversary –1938

229533 – pre anniversary -- 1938

231769 – RB Series D -- 1938

232404 – 5x7 pre anniversary – 1938

232843 – Crown View, 3x4 back -- 1938

232898 – 5x7 Speed – 1938

232992 – 2x3 Graflex -- 1938

233048 – 2x3 Speed Graphic on eBay w/Optical Finder, Spring Back --

233071 – miniature speed --

238702 – pre anniversary speed – 1939

238817 - 4x5 pre anniversary - 1939

238929 – pre anniversary – late 1939

239759 – miniature speed – late 1939

242164 – pre anniversary -- 1939

242453 – pre anniversary – 1939

244626 – miniature speed –

247286 – 4x5 Crown View – late 1939 - early 1940

248852 – anniversary – late 1939

248869 – anniversary – early 1940

249977 – miniature speed – 1940

250609 – miniature speed –

251890 – anniversary --

254186 – anniversary --

255436 – 3x4 Anniversary – 1940

2577xx – 3x4 anniversary – 1940

260301 – 4x5 Crown View – 1941

260838 – miniature speed --

262183 – 3x4 speed – 1940

263824 – anniversary -- 1940

264164 – 4x5 anniversary – fall 1940

266978 – anniversary – 1940

269081 – anniversary – late 1940 - early 1941

272543 – miniature speed – 1940-1941

274891 – anniversary --

278433 - -- 1941

287212 – miniature speed – 1941

289222 - -- 1941

292785 – miniature speed – 1941

296507 – USAAC C3 --

301444 – anniversary -- 1941

309109 – anniversary -- 1942

310465 – anniversary – 1942

311261 – anniversary -- 1942

318023 – anniversary -- 1943

320317 – government anniversary – 1943

323070 – anniversary, black, PH-47-E -- 1943

323859 – government anniversary – 1943

326717 – anniversary – 1943

336467 – miniature speed --

341099 – anniversary – 1944

341320 – anniversary --

341667 – anniversary -- 1944

342045 – anniversary – 1944

342917 – anniversary -- 1943

346031 – anniversary – 1945

345141 – anniversary – 1945

349200 – black anniversary -- 1945

350679 – anniversary – 1945

351201 – anniversary -- 1945

354145 – miniature speed – 1945 1st batch after WWII

354765 – miniature speed - 1946

358103 - anniversary -- 9-1945

358807 – anniversary – 1945

359242 – anniversary, black, PH-47-E -- 1945

360070 – anniversary – 1946

366041 – 3x4 anniversary – 1946

368409 – miniature speed – 1945 or 1946

370236 – Miniature Speed – 1945

371107 – miniature speed – 1945

371834 - anniversary, black – 11/3/1945

377164 – miniature speed – 1946

377356 – miniature speed – 1946

380367 – 3x4 anniversary -- 1946

389835 – anniversary -- 1946

392216 - 4x5 Anniversary – 1946

392343 – anniversary -- 1946

393196 – anniversary – 1945 or 1946

394550 – 3x4 anniversary -- 1946

395280 – 3x4 anniversary - 1946

397653 – anniversary -- 1946

398792 – 3x4 anniversary - 1946

401843 – anniversary – 1946

410196 – 2x3 crown -- 1947

410224 – crown – 1947

411398 – 2x3 crown -- 1947

412061 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1946

411249 – crown -1946

414010 – 2x3 pacemaker speed –1947

414353 – 2x3 pacemaker speed --1947

414384 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1947

416532 – 4x5 Super D graflex – 1947

416644 – Super D graflex – 1947

417622 – 4x5 Super D -- 1947

420378 – crown – 1947

421985 – crown -- 1947

423001 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1947

425408 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1947

428594 – 2x3 Crown – 1947

432504 – crown -- 1947

432244 – crown – 1947

435012 – crown –1947

440064 – 2x3 crown – 1947

440093 – 2x3 crown --

445232 – crown -- 1947

4474xx – pacemaker speed – 1947

452903 – 4x5 pacemaker -- 1947

453426 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1947

455004 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -

456333 – 4x5 pacemaker speed --

469904 – Crown View II --

476861 – 70mm combat graphic --1956

448826 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1948

448870 – 2x3 pacemaker speed – late 1947

485150 – Graflex View II – 1961 or 1962

449420 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1947

449676 - 2x3 pacemaker speed — late 1947/early 1948

503636 - Century – 1949 -1950

504832 – Century – 1949-1950

505660 – Century --

506802 – Century – late 1949

507248 – Century -- 1949

508311 – Century – 1949 or 1950

508923 – Century -- 1949 or 1950

509011 – Century – 1950

510967 – Century -- 1950

513162 – Century – 1950-1951

517253 – Century -- 1951

523213 – century -- 1954

527202 – Century – early 1960

528296 – Century -- 1961

528734 – Century (F2A) -- 1962

529178 – century – 1962, august

532951 – Century – 5/1965

531994 – Century -- 1963

533833 – Century – 1964

534550 – Century (A7B) -- 1967

535474 – Century – guessed at 1966 or 1967 beyond

535916 – Century (A8A) – 1968

640660 – Super Graphic – 1957 Supers start at s/n 640000

646687 – Super Speed – 1959 or 1960

646731 – Super Speed – 1958

647661 – Super Speed - 1958

648819 – Super speed – 1960

648226 – Super Graphic -- 1960

653715 – Super Speed – 1964

653928 – Super Graphic -- 1964

700583 – Speed -- 1949

700782 – 2x3 pacemaker speed – 1947

702513 – 2x3 pacemaker speed --

702540 – 2x3 pacemaker speed – 1948

702760 – 2x3 pacemaker speed –

706289 – 2x3 pacemaker speed – 1950

708316 – crown --

708752 – crown view --

709934 – 2x3 pacemaker -- fall 1950

710103 – 2x3 crown -- 1950

711643 – 2x3 crown – 1951-1952

714194 – 2x3 pacemaker speed

714427 – 2x3 pacemaker speed -- 1953

714820 – 2x3 crown – 1953

725928 - --

730569 – 2x3 crown -- 1950

731262 – 2x3 crown -- 1950

733153 – 2x3 crown – 1948?

733683 – 2x3 pacemaker speed – 1949?

733964 – 2x3 crown – 1952

751020 – 3x4 pacemaker speed – 1949

751049 – 3x4 anniversary – 1946?

752395 – 3x4 pacemaker speed – 1949

752399 – 3x4 pacemaker speed --

756085 – 3x4 crown -- 1952

757144 - 3x4 crown — late 1952/early 1953

800830 – pacemaker speed – 1949-1950

801176 – 3x4 crown – earliest in book 802602 in 1950

820534 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1948

820986 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1949

821775 – speed --

823460 – pacemaker speed – 1949?

825224 – 4x5 speed – 1949 or 1950

825252 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1949

829099 – pacemaker speed --1948-1949

829350 – 4x5 pacemaker speed, military –1954

830307 - pacemaker speed – 1949?

832222 – pacemaker speed -- 1948?

832434 – speed – 1948-1949

832683 – pacemaker speed – 1949-1949

833035 – pacemaker speed --

836449 – pacemaker speed -- 1949

839610 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1948

841679 - 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1948

842182 – pacemaker speed – 1948

843145 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1948

846237 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1950

846278 – pacemaker speed -- 1950

846346 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1950

847630 - 1950

847678 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1950

852552 – crown – 1950

853070- 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1950

853078 - --

858257 – pacemaker speed – 1950

859543 – Speed, Black – late 1950

860467 – pacemaker speed – late 1950 –early 1951

864199 – pacemaker speed – 1951

864887 – crown – 1952

865971- 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1951

866825 – crown – 1949-1950

867408 – 4x5 crown – late 1952 to early 1953

868468 – pacemaker speed -- 1951

869804 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1951

871786 – crown --

872795 – pacemaker speed -- 1951

873013 – pacemaker speed – 1951

873077 – crown -- 1951

873699 – pacemaker speed -- 1951

873704 – crown -- 1951

875725 – crown – 1952

875719 – speed --

877060 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1952

877143 – crown – 1952

877652 – 4x5 crown – 1952

878302 – 4x5 pacemaker speed --

879590 – crown --

879913 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1953

879936 – pacemaker speed -- 1952

880105 – 4x5 crown -- 1953

880476 – 4x5 crown --

881105 – speed – 1953

881212 – crown -- 1953

881378 – pacemaker speed – 1953 or 1954

882550 – 4x5 crown – 1953

882738 – 4x5 crown --

883126 - speed -- 1953

883441 – 4x5 crown -- 1953

883464 – crown – 1953

884051 – pacemaker speed -- 1953

885067 – crown – 1953

885579 – 4x5 crown 1953 or 1954

886402 – crown – 1953

886161 – crown -- 1951

888157 – 4x5 crown – 1953

888821 - 1953

889795 – crown --

890184- pacemaker --

892030 -

895391 -

902460 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1955

903057 – 4x5 pacemaker speed -- 1955

903511 – 4x5 pacemaker speed –1954

903531 – 4x5 crown --

906490 – pacemaker speed --1955

907537 – crown

911463 – pacemaker speed –1956

911851 – pacemaker speed – 1956

912462 – pacemaker -- 1956

914599 – crown -- 1956

915057 - crown

915952 – crown – 1956

916842 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1956

918487 – crown -- 1956

919489 – crown -- 1956

919713 – crown – 1956

920010 – crown –

921144 – crown -- 1956

921230 – crown – 1956 or 1957

921235 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1956

921798 – crown --

922849 – crown –1957

922691 – 4x5 pacemaker speed – 1956

924133 – crown -- 1956

925156 – crown -- 1957

925472 – crown -- 1957

926810 – crown -- 1957

928713- side rf crown -- 1957

929599 – crown – 1958

932529 – crown -- 1959

938136 – crown -- 1959

935638 – crown – 1959

936431 - -- 1959

936509 – 4x5 crown – 1959

938131 – crown -- 1959

938538 – 4x5 crown – 1959

938745 – 4x5 crown

939928 – 4x5 crown –1959

941113 - -- 1959-1960

942501 – FP Speed -- 1960

943146 – 4x5 crown – 1960

943246 – crown -- 1960

945610 – crown – 1960

946538 – crown – 1962

950508 – crown -- 1963

952269 – crown – 1962?

954527 – crown -- 1962

954772 – 4x5 crown, side rf –

956346 – 4x5 crown – 1962

960544 – 4x5 crown – 1961

961224 – 4x5 crown – fall 1962

961761 – crown – 1962

964631 – 4x5 crown -- 1962

964799 – pacemaker speed – 1962

966405 – 4x5 crown – 1962

967762 –“ Heinz 57” crown – Sept. 1964

970883 – Crown (J3A) -- 1963

973592 – crown -- 1963

976273 – crown – Feb. 1965

974135 - 4x5 crown (e4a) - April 1964

974728 – crown (f4a) – May 1964

978635 – 4x5 crown -- December 1964

980335 – crown -- guessed at 1965

981511 – crown – estimate 1967 or 1968

984538 – crown – estimated at 1968

985310 – crown -- 1968

985320 – crown (J8A) – 1968

989641 – crown – may 1972

990198 – crown – 1973? or 1974? presumably a mistake?

990367 – crown (H2B) -- 1972



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