Baron
Baron Camera K.K. (バロンカメラ㈱) was a Japanese company, which made the Baron folders from mid-1952 to early 1956.[1] It seems that the company was founded as Chūō Seiki K.K. (中央精機㈱) and adopted the name of its products somewhere between 1953 and 1954.[2]
Camera list
Notes
- ↑ Dates: advertisements and articles listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 359.
- ↑ Compare the two advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 161, dated September 1953 (with a CHUO BARON logo) and September 1954 (where the company name is バロンカメラ株式会社).
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.