Ōhashi
Ōhashi Takeji Shōten name and address.
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Ōhashi Kōki Seisakusho (大橋光機製作所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo.[1] It made a few cameras around 1935–7. They were distributed by the associated company Ōhashi Takeji Shōten (大橋武治商店).[2]
Contents
List of cameras
- Hope 6.5×9 plate folder (around 1935)
- Baby Light 3×4 (1936–7)
- Roll Light Ref 4.5×6 TLR (1937)
- Seves 4.5×6 strut-folder (1936)
The attribution of the Seves is unsure. The dates indicated are based on the dates of the advertisements mentioned in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
Bosch 75/4.5 enlarging lens in a Ōhashi leaflet.
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Other
- Bosch 75/4.5 enlarging lens
- Cross filters, filter holders, hoods and gauze screens
- Riken type all-purpose hoods (also acting as filter holders)
Notes
- ↑ Its address was Tōkyō-shi Edogawa-ku Koiwa-machi 3, 1625-banchi (東京市江戸川区小岩町三ノ一六二五番地). Source: undated Ōhashi leaflets. The company also used a postal box in 1937: Tōkyō Honjo-kyoku Shishobako 15-gō (東京本所局私書函十五號). Source: advertisement published in the April 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 100.
- ↑ Its address was Tōkyō-shi Honjo-ku Ryōgoku 4, 12 (東京本所区両国四ノ十二). Source: undated Ōhashi leaflets.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 288–9.
- Leaflet published by Ōhashi Takeji Shōten, presenting the Baby Light and the Cross filters and hood. Date not indicated.
- Leaflet published by Ōhashi Takeji Shōten, presenting the Hope, Seves, Baby Light, Roll Light Ref, Bosch enlarging lens, Cross filters and Riken hood. Date not indicated.
