Difference between revisions of "Calumet"
Hanskerensky (talk | contribs) m (Redirected Link URL to archived version as original not worldwide accessible) |
Hanskerensky (talk | contribs) (Redirected Link URL to archived version) |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | {|class=floatright | ||
| + | | | ||
{{Flickr_image | {{Flickr_image | ||
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplastic/3130952153/in/pool-camerawiki | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoplastic/3130952153/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
| − | |image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/ | + | |image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3130952153_7112305ec9_w.jpg |
| − | |image_align= | + | |image_align= |
|image_text= Calumet CC-403 | |image_text= Calumet CC-403 | ||
|image_by= PhotoShop Guru | |image_by= PhotoShop Guru | ||
|image_rights= with permission | |image_rights= with permission | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | {{Flickr_image | ||
| + | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52649612902/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
| + | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649612902_edef800ece_c.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= | ||
| + | |image_text= 1968 advertising | ||
| + | |image_by= Voxphoto | ||
| + | |image_rights= nc | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | In 1939 Kenneth E. Becker founded the '''Calumet Manufacturing Company''' in Chicago.<ref>The word 'calumet' occurs as a place- or company name in various places in North America, but notably in Illinois. It is supposedly a word of French origin, referring to native-American ceremonial pipes, and the reeds used to make their stems: see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_pipe#Varieties_and_terminology Ceremonial pipe] at Wikipedia.</ref> | ||
| + | __TOC__ | ||
| + | In the beginning its main business was sporting goods. It began to sell cameras through the store and to manufacture darkroom equipment.<ref>For example, Calumet Mfg. Co. advertised stainless steel sinks, buckets, developing tanks and trays and print washers in [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I14zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Popular Photography'', October 1951, p108] (archived at Google Books).</ref> The company later became '''Calumet Photographic'''.<ref>The company was still Calumet Manufacturing as late as 1968: Kenneth Becker is described as President of the company by that name in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20171027094126/https://www.farmingdale.edu/library/pdf/1968-69.compressed.pdf College Catalogue 1968-69] (pdf) (archived) of the [https://www.farmingdale.edu/index.shtml Agricultural and Technical College at Farmingdale, NY (part of the State University)], p23-4 (Becker was a member of the College's advisory committee on photographic technology).</ref> | ||
| − | + | In 1955 [[Kodak]] sold the rights to its Master View 4x5 camera to Calumet. The Calumet CC-40n [[monorail camera]] series was derived from the Master View. Calumet started to develop innovations for view cameras like the Caltar large format lens line and the C-2 roll film holder. | |
| − | |||
| − | In 1955 [[Kodak]] sold the rights | ||
| − | In 1980 Calumet was a full-line supplier of professional photographic products. | + | In 1980 Calumet was a full-line supplier of professional photographic products. Calumet stopped making its own cameras and instead sold ones made by Dutch manufacturer [[Cambo]]. The company got together with Keith, Johnson and Pelling, a retail chain in the United Kingdom, and started a number of European companies under a holding company, Calumet International. |
| − | Calumet Photographic filed for bankruptcy in the USA on 13 March 2014.<ref>[http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/03/calumet-photographic-liquidate-closes-us-stores.html ''Calumet Photographic to Liquidate, Closes US Stores''] in [http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/ PDNPulse] a blog by staff of the US photo magazine [http://pdnonline.com Photo District News].</ref><ref name=CT>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140314194541/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-13/business/chi-calumet-photographic-closes-20140313_1_chapter-7-bankruptcy-protection-facebook-page-facebook-and-twitter Chicago Tribune] 13 March 2014 (archived).</ref> | + | Calumet Photographic filed for bankruptcy in the USA on 13 March 2014.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418015842/http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/03/calumet-photographic-liquidate-closes-us-stores.html ''Calumet Photographic to Liquidate, Closes US Stores'' (archived)] in [http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/ PDNPulse] a blog by staff of the US photo magazine [http://pdnonline.com Photo District News].</ref><ref name=CT>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140314194541/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-13/business/chi-calumet-photographic-closes-20140313_1_chapter-7-bankruptcy-protection-facebook-page-facebook-and-twitter Chicago Tribune] 13 March 2014 (archived).</ref> |
| − | Calumet was by then only a distributor in the USA and some other countries, offering sales and rental of professional equipment, by many manufacturers including Cambo, which was named as one of Calumet's creditors.<ref name=CT/> All the Calumet stores in the US were closed prior to the liquidation. | + | Calumet was by then only a distributor in the USA and some other countries, offering sales and rental of professional equipment, by many manufacturers including Cambo, which was named as one of Calumet's creditors.<ref name=CT/> All the Calumet stores in the US were closed prior to the liquidation. A marketing firm, C&A Marketing, bought some of the bankrupt company assets, and re-opened at three stores, in central and outlying parts of Chicago.<ref>[https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160126/NEWS07/160129853/calumet-photographic-closes-final-three-chicago-area-locations ''Calumet Photographic Closes Final Three Chicago Area Locations''], 26 January 2016, at [https://www.chicagobusiness.com/ Chicago Business].</ref> As of July 2020, the US website redirects to the web-only Ritz Camera, also owned by C&A Marketing. |
| + | There are also still a number of Calumet stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and until 2020, the UK.<ref>See Calumet Photographic's [https://calumetphoto.be Belgian], [https://calumetphoto.nl Netherlands] or [https://calumetphoto.de German] sites.</ref> As of July 2020 these still offer Cambo (and ''only'' Cambo) large-format products. The mainland European websites refer to separate companies Calumet Photographic B.V., bvba, and GmbH; they do not mention or link to the US site, suggesting they are a separate group. The UK company Calumet Photographic Ltd merged with Wex Photo Video in 2020, and their website does not list any Cambo products (or any large-format at all). | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| + | ==Cameras== | ||
| + | * [[Calumet C-1|C-1]] 8x10 view camera | ||
| + | *4x5-inch [[monorail camera]]s: | ||
| + | ** [[Calumet CC-400|CC-400]] | ||
| + | ** CC-401 | ||
| + | ** CC-402 | ||
| + | ** CC-403 | ||
| + | ** [[Calumet Cadet|Cadet]] - later, lightweight monorail camera | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:17, 12 May 2023
| ||
|
In 1939 Kenneth E. Becker founded the Calumet Manufacturing Company in Chicago.[1]
In the beginning its main business was sporting goods. It began to sell cameras through the store and to manufacture darkroom equipment.[2] The company later became Calumet Photographic.[3]
In 1955 Kodak sold the rights to its Master View 4x5 camera to Calumet. The Calumet CC-40n monorail camera series was derived from the Master View. Calumet started to develop innovations for view cameras like the Caltar large format lens line and the C-2 roll film holder.
In 1980 Calumet was a full-line supplier of professional photographic products. Calumet stopped making its own cameras and instead sold ones made by Dutch manufacturer Cambo. The company got together with Keith, Johnson and Pelling, a retail chain in the United Kingdom, and started a number of European companies under a holding company, Calumet International.
Calumet Photographic filed for bankruptcy in the USA on 13 March 2014.[4][5] Calumet was by then only a distributor in the USA and some other countries, offering sales and rental of professional equipment, by many manufacturers including Cambo, which was named as one of Calumet's creditors.[5] All the Calumet stores in the US were closed prior to the liquidation. A marketing firm, C&A Marketing, bought some of the bankrupt company assets, and re-opened at three stores, in central and outlying parts of Chicago.[6] As of July 2020, the US website redirects to the web-only Ritz Camera, also owned by C&A Marketing.
There are also still a number of Calumet stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and until 2020, the UK.[7] As of July 2020 these still offer Cambo (and only Cambo) large-format products. The mainland European websites refer to separate companies Calumet Photographic B.V., bvba, and GmbH; they do not mention or link to the US site, suggesting they are a separate group. The UK company Calumet Photographic Ltd merged with Wex Photo Video in 2020, and their website does not list any Cambo products (or any large-format at all).
Cameras
- C-1 8x10 view camera
- 4x5-inch monorail cameras:
Notes
- ↑ The word 'calumet' occurs as a place- or company name in various places in North America, but notably in Illinois. It is supposedly a word of French origin, referring to native-American ceremonial pipes, and the reeds used to make their stems: see Ceremonial pipe at Wikipedia.
- ↑ For example, Calumet Mfg. Co. advertised stainless steel sinks, buckets, developing tanks and trays and print washers in Popular Photography, October 1951, p108 (archived at Google Books).
- ↑ The company was still Calumet Manufacturing as late as 1968: Kenneth Becker is described as President of the company by that name in the College Catalogue 1968-69 (pdf) (archived) of the Agricultural and Technical College at Farmingdale, NY (part of the State University), p23-4 (Becker was a member of the College's advisory committee on photographic technology).
- ↑ Calumet Photographic to Liquidate, Closes US Stores (archived) in PDNPulse a blog by staff of the US photo magazine Photo District News.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chicago Tribune 13 March 2014 (archived).
- ↑ Calumet Photographic Closes Final Three Chicago Area Locations, 26 January 2016, at Chicago Business.
- ↑ See Calumet Photographic's Belgian, Netherlands or German sites.
Links
- Calumet monorail on Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)
| 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 |
| Chicago in depth: The Chicago Cluster, a bakelite trust? |
