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− | '''Adams & Westlake Co.''' of Chicago, Illinois USA, | + | '''Adams & Westlake Co.''' of Chicago, Illinois USA, was at one time America's most successful railroad lantern maker. It emerged from the merger of the companies of the two English immigrants, John McGregor Adams and William Westlake, in 1874. It made oil lamps, acetylene lamps, bicycles and cameras. It is still in the railroad equipment business. |
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+ | At the end of the 19th century Adlake offered [[magazine camera]]s, i.e. box cameras with rear plate-storage compartment. The '''Adlake''' magazine cameras used alternate plate holders with hinged front door. The company held patents and patent licenses for these plate holders as well as for the related plate holder opening mechanism. | ||
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+ | |image_by= Steve Walser | ||
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− | + | ==Cameras== | |
− | === | + | ===With patented plate holders=== |
* Adlake Regular, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 | * Adlake Regular, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 | ||
* Adlake Regular, 4 x 5 | * Adlake Regular, 4 x 5 | ||
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* [[Adlake Camera]], 4 x 5 | * [[Adlake Camera]], 4 x 5 | ||
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* [[Adlake Repeater]], 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 | * [[Adlake Repeater]], 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 | ||
* Adlake Repeater, 4 x 5 | * Adlake Repeater, 4 x 5 | ||
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− | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/adlake.shtml Adlake camera] at | + | * [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/adlake.shtml Adlake camera] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv Scott's collection] |
− | * [http://www.boxcameras.com/adlakereg.html Adlake camera] | + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20070821013353/http://www.boxcameras.com/adlakereg.html Adlake camera] on [http://web.archive.org/web/20081026104006/http://www.boxcameras.com/ BoxCameras.com] via [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine] |
− | * [http:// | + | * [http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=40& Adlake Regular Repeater advertisement] at [http://www.historiccamera.com Historic Camera] |
− | * [http://www.adlake.com/ | + | * [http://www.adlake.com/index.html Adams & Westlake company homepage] |
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+ | |image_text= typical Adlake lanterns<br/> | ||
+ | |scan_by=Uwe Kulick | ||
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[[Category:Camera makers]] | [[Category:Camera makers]] | ||
− | [[Category:Magazine | + | [[Category:Magazine cameras]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:45, 15 September 2023
Adlake Special 4 x 5 image by Eben Ostby (Image rights) |
Adams & Westlake Co. of Chicago, Illinois USA, was at one time America's most successful railroad lantern maker. It emerged from the merger of the companies of the two English immigrants, John McGregor Adams and William Westlake, in 1874. It made oil lamps, acetylene lamps, bicycles and cameras. It is still in the railroad equipment business.
At the end of the 19th century Adlake offered magazine cameras, i.e. box cameras with rear plate-storage compartment. The Adlake magazine cameras used alternate plate holders with hinged front door. The company held patents and patent licenses for these plate holders as well as for the related plate holder opening mechanism.
Adams & Westlake Co. building image by Steve Walser (Image rights) |
Cameras
With patented plate holders
- Adlake Regular, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
- Adlake Regular, 4 x 5
- Adlake Special, 4 x 5 (with aluminium plate holders)
- Adlake Camera, 4 x 5
With rapid-action magazine
- Adlake Repeater, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
- Adlake Repeater, 4 x 5
Links
- Adlake camera at Scott's collection
- Adlake camera on BoxCameras.com via Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine
- Adlake Regular Repeater advertisement at Historic Camera
- Adams & Westlake company homepage
typical Adlake lanterns scanned by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Companies of Chicago (Illinois) |
Adams & Westlake | Central Camera Co. | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Aerial | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Company | Deardorff | De Vry | Drucker | Galter | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Lennor Engineering Co. | Metropolitan Industries | Monarch | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | QRS Company | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith |
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