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'''W. Butcher and Sons Ltd.''' was a British camera maker, formed as a pharmacy business by William Butcher in Blackheath in 1887.  Photographic items were manufactured from c.1897 by sons of William, W.E. & F.E. Butcher.
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The name "Primus" seems to belong to this early company.<ref>[http://londonfilm.bbk.ac.uk/view/business/?id=159 Butcher, W & Sons] company profile at [http://londonfilm.bbk.ac.uk/ The London Project]</ref>
 
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A headquarters at Camera House, Farringdon Avenue, London EC has been set up by February 1902.
 
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Whilst manufacturing some of their own stock, much came by other makers, such as [[Richard Hüttig| Hüttig]] and [[Ica]] in Germany.
 
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In 1914, war prevented Butcher's German imports, and they joined forces with [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton]] in 1915 to form the [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd]]. The two companies continued to sell their own brands until their full merging on 1 January 1926 to form [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton Butcher (Great Britain) Ltd.]], which became Ensign Ltd. in 1930.<REF> {{CD}}, pp.29 and 55, {{MK}}, pp.171 and 393. </REF>
 
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'''W. Butcher and Sons Ltd.''' was a British camera maker, formed as a pharmacy business by William Butcher in Blackheath in 1887.  Photographic items were manufactured from c.1897 by sons of William, W.E. & F.E. Butcher.
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The name "Primus" seems to belong to this early company.<ref>[http://londonfilm.bbk.ac.uk/view/business/?id=159 Butcher, W & Sons] company profile at [http://londonfilm.bbk.ac.uk/ The London Project]</ref>
  
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A headquarters at Camera House, Farringdon Avenue, London EC has been set up by February 1902.
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Whilst manufacturing some of their own stock, much came by other makers, such as [[Richard Hüttig| Hüttig]] and [[Ica]] in Germany.
  
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In 1914, war prevented Butcher's German imports, and they joined forces with [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton]] in 1915 to form the [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd]]. The two companies continued to sell their own brands until their full merging on 1 January 1926 to form [[Houghton and Ensign|Houghton Butcher (Great Britain) Ltd.]], which became Ensign Ltd. in 1930.<REF> {{CD}}, pp.29 and 55, {{MK}}, pp.171 and 393. </REF>
  
  
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== Butcher's cameras ==
 
 
* Cameo Minimum
 
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* Butcher's Cameo Stereo, no.s 1, 2, 3 and 4  
 
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* [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Cameo.html Butcher's Cameo] on the Living Image [http://licm.org.uk]
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* [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/roy-mail.htm Butcher's Royal Mail Stamp Camera] on Rob Niederman's Antique &amp; 19th Century Cameras site [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/]
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** [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Cameo.html Butcher's Cameo]
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* [http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=JR9360000539&JournalCode=JR Obituary of W.E. Butcher, 1936] (scroll down two pages to p.541) at The Royal Society of Chemistry [http://www.rsc.org/]
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** [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Butchers_Carbine.html Butcher's 122 (Carbine)]
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* [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/roy-mail.htm Butcher's Royal Mail Stamp Camera] at Rob Niederman's [http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/ Antique & 19th Century Cameras]
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* [http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=JR9360000539&JournalCode=JR Obituary of W.E. Butcher, 1936] (scroll down two pages to p.541) at the [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry]
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113303@N07/3274141706/in/set-72157620246670127/ Butcher Carbine No.5] for 118 film, well explained on Flickr by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113303@N07/ Pete Naylor]
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113303@N07/3274141706/in/set-72157620246670127/ Butcher Carbine No.5] for 118 film, well explained on Flickr by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113303@N07/ Pete Naylor]
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* [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/ensign.htm Butcher's Reflex Carbine] at Nocacon [http://www.novacon.com.br]
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* [http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/ensign.htm Butcher's Reflex Carbine] at [http://www.novacon.com.br Novacon]
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* [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Butchers_Carbine.html Butcher's 122 (Carbine)] on the Living Image [http://licm.org.uk]
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Butcher's 1/2-plate "National" Stereo
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)

W. Butcher and Sons Ltd. was a British camera maker, formed as a pharmacy business by William Butcher in Blackheath in 1887. Photographic items were manufactured from c.1897 by sons of William, W.E. & F.E. Butcher. The name "Primus" seems to belong to this early company.[1]

A headquarters at Camera House, Farringdon Avenue, London EC has been set up by February 1902. Whilst manufacturing some of their own stock, much came by other makers, such as Hüttig and Ica in Germany.

In 1914, war prevented Butcher's German imports, and they joined forces with Houghton in 1915 to form the Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The two companies continued to sell their own brands until their full merging on 1 January 1926 to form Houghton Butcher (Great Britain) Ltd., which became Ensign Ltd. in 1930.[2]


Cameras

  • Cameo Minimum
  • Butcher's Cameo Stereo, no.s 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Cameo Speed
  • Carbine
  • Clincher
  • Coronet No. 1
  • Coronet No. 2
  • Dandycam ferrotype camera for one-inch circular plates
  • Domino
  • Empire
  • Excelsior
  • Klimax mod.I and mod.II
  • Little Nipper (c.1900); (a rebadged Gnom {1901}; Aviso, {1907}); the Japanese Cherry is based on these.
  • Little Nipper (c.1922)
  • Butcher's Maxim - no.s 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Midg
  • Butcher's National Field Camera
  • Patria
  • Pilot, no.s 2, 3, 3A and 4
  • Pom-Pom
  • Butcher's Quarter Plate Cameo (c.1910)
  • Reflex Carbine
  • Sportie Carbine
  • Stereolette
  • Butcher's Watch Pocket Carbine
  • Watch Pocket Klimax
    • No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and Popular models
  • Butcher's Royal Mail Stamp Camera (3 lens & 15 lens)
  • Primus Coronet No.1 and No.2 quarter-plate camera
  • Primus no.s 1, 2 and 3
  • Primus So-Li-To


British companies
Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink‎ | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray

Notes

  1. ↑ Butcher, W & Sons company profile at The London Project
  2. ↑ Channing and Dunn, pp.29 and 55, McKeown, pp.171 and 393.

Bibliography

  • Channing, Norman and Dunn, Mike. British Camera Makers. An A-Z Guide to Companies and Products. London : Parkland Designs, 1996. ISBN 0-9524630-0-8 Pp.29–30 and 54–5.
  • McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.171–3 and 393.

Links

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