Apparently blocks of numbers were assigned for the production of a given production run for a specific product. Someone with the screen name "Gandolf" apparently has the actual s/n list on a far more accurate basis than the gross one I have but he has not posted any responses for many months. Over on the site they have a Q&A board where people help each other date their Graflex's. The s/n are grouped in 2 to 5 year blocks from the start of production in 1887 until the end in 1973. The list of serial numbers I have is a xerox of page 14 from something by Richard Fowler but I don't remember what. Sensor model identification and serial number - KS - 87B Type and manufacturer of film, and type of filter used Topo, Kodak, WR 12 Sequential frame. According to a list I have, 333745 would have been built by Folmer Graphic between 19 407056 between 1946 - 1948. The older, marked as built by Folmer Graflex for EKC, is s/n 333745, the newer of the two is s/n 407056 with a built by Graflex Inc. Since the Kodak 2D was manufactured by the Folmer & Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak until 1926 when that division was spun off as the Folmer Graphic Corp and then, after the 1945 reorganization, by Graflex Inc, I believe the 2-D's serial number is a Graflex s/n.
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