ICA
Camera industry in Dresden |
Balda | Certo | Eho-Altissa | Eichapfel | Ernemann | Feinmess | Heyde | Hamaphot | Huth | Hüttig | ICA | Ihagee | Kochmann | Kerman | KW | Eugen Loeber | Ludwig | Mentor | Merkel | Meyer | Mimosa | Pentacon | Richter | Sommer | Stübiger | Unger & Hoffmann | Werner | Wünsche | Zeiss Ikon | Zeh |
Camera distributors in Dresden |
Stöckig |
Camera industry in Freital |
Beier | Pouva | Stein & Binnewerg | Thowe | Welta |
1922 ICA advertisement scanned by Uwe Kulick |
In 1909, the four camera makers Hüttig AG in Dresden, Kamerawerk Dr. Krügener in Frankfurt/M, Wünsche AG in Reick near Dresden and Carl Zeiss Palmos AG in Jena joined forces to become the Internationale Camera A.-G. (ICA) in Dresden.
History
Hüttig, one of the oldest camera makers to take part on this new venture was founded in 1862. The Wünsche factory in Reick was closed immediately after the merger, but reopened as production place since the request for cameras rose these days, giving ICA a good start.
Originally, the new company logo was a five-pointed star. Later this was changed to a light-bearing angel. ICA produced a variety of cameras, continuing some of the camera lines of the founding companies. The plate cameras Sirene 135 and Ideal are common. New original ICA products were added soon, for example the Icarette.
In 1926, ICA was one of the name-giving partners in Zeiss-Ikon. The others were Ernemann, also in Dresden, Goerz and Contessa-Nettel. The serial number system employed by Zeiss Ikon until its demise in 1972 was initiated early on when ICA was established, using a letter preceding the serial number.
Cameras
Plate Cameras
ICA Lola image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
- Reflex
- Reisekamera (wooden folding field camera, at least in 13x18 cm size[1])
- Tropical Favorit
- Victrix
- Volta
Continued Hüttig models
- Atom, Atom B
- Aviso
- Lloyd
- Stereo-Panorama Lloyd
- Cupido
- Stereolette
- Ideal
- Künstler-Kamera
- Nelson
- Stereo Ideal
- Teddy 146 [2]
- Toska 110 (vertical)
- Toska 215 (vertical 9x12)
- Toska 330 (horizontal 10x15, panorama & stereo)[3]
- Toska 400 (horizontal 9x12, panorama & stereo)[4]
- Trilby
Continued Wünsche models
Ica Halloh image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
- Reicka 12 x 9 plate camera[5]
- Sirene 135, Sirene 105
Continued Dr. Krügener models
- Teddy
- Trona
Continued Zeiss-Palmos models
- Minimum-Palmos, Stereo Minimum-Palmos
- Universal-Palmos
Rollfilm
Continued Wünsche models
Continued Dr. Krügener models
Notes
- ↑ ICA 13x18 cm Reisekamera, model 856, in polished wood finish and with 26 cm f/8 Helios Extra-rapid Aplanat, sold at the 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 November 2013.
- ↑ Teddy offered for sale at the fourth Westlicht auction, in November 2003.
- ↑ Breker April 2005 Lot 890
- ↑ Toska, offered for sale at the fourth Westlicht Auction, in November 2003.
- ↑ fitted with Goerz Dogmar f/4.5 15cm in Compur (seen in an eBay Auction December 2012)
Links
- ICA company history in German on Wikipedia.org
- Ica AG - founded 100 years ago, at The homepage of Klaus-Eckard Riess
- Zeiss Ikon - Kameras der Vorgängerfirmen Ernemann, Contessa-Nettel, Ica und Goerz, at The homepage of Klaus-Eckard Riess
- Catalogs and product lists
- 1919, 1922 and 1925 ICA catalogs, at From the focal plane to infinity
- Brochure of ICA cameras - 1925, ICA Reflex, ICA "Ideal", Ica Palmos O at Mike Butkus´ Orphan Cameras
- 1925 ICA catalogue, with price lists for 1295 and '27, at Camera Eccentric
- ICA A.G. Camera Catalog, 1922 (product list), at Scott's Photographica Collection
- The 1913 Ica catalog (excerpts), at Homo Ludens
- Ideal 650 stereo camera in Welt der Stereoskopie
- Icarette II 500 in Frank Petermann's website (Archive.org version)
- Ica page at Collection G. Even's site (in French)
- ICA cameras, general booklet, ICA Minimum Palmos 450, ICA Reflex, ICA TRONA 212 - English instructions, ICA Volta (German) instruction manual found at OrphanCameras.com
- ICA serial numbers at Manual Camera