ICA
ad of 1922 |
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. Hüttig, one of the oldest camera makers was founded in 1862. Originally, the company logo was a five-pointed star. Later this was changed to a light-bearing angel. ICA produced a variety of cameras. Of course some camera lines of the founding companies were continued. The plate cameras Sirene 135 and Ideal are common.
In 1926, ICA was one of the name-giving partners in Zeiss-Ikon. The others were Ernemann, also in Dresden, Goerz and Contessa-Nettel.
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 |
Contents
Cameras
plate
continued Hüttig models
- Atom, Atom B
- Aviso
- Lloyd
- Cupido
- Ideal, Ideal Stereo
- Toska
- Niklas
- Nelson
continued Wünsche models
- Reicka
- Sirene 135, Sirene 105
continued Dr. Krügener models
- Trona
continued Zeiss-Palmos models
- Minimum-Palmos, Stereo Minimum-Palmos
- Universal-Palmos
rollfilm
continued Dr. Krügener models
Links
- ICA company history in German on Wikipedia.org
- Ideal 650 stereo camera in Welt der Stereoskopie
- Polyscop at Technische Antiquitäten [1]
- Icarette II 500 in Frank Petermann's website
- brochure of 1925 about contemporary ICA cameras at [2] M. Butkus´
- Ica page at Collection G. Even's site
- Ica cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr