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*[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=century History] and [http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=centuryprodline studio cameras] of Century Camera Co. at historiccamera.com [http://www.historiccamera.com]
 
*[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=century History] and [http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=centuryprodline studio cameras] of Century Camera Co. at historiccamera.com [http://www.historiccamera.com]
*[http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/cent.htm Century View Cameras] at Field Cameras of the United States [http://www.piercevaubel.com]
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*[http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/cent.htm Century View Cameras] at Field Cameras of the United States [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam]
 
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Revision as of 17:28, 9 January 2010

photography related industry in Rochester (New York)
American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak
and in Rochester (Minnesota)
Conley
external links
graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's
"Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)"

Century Camera Co. was founded in 1900 by three former employees of Rochester Optical Co..

The company achieved a high quality of its plate cameras, so that it had a 25% market share in 1902.

In 1905, the company was purchased by the Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. .

In 1908 the company became Kodak's Century Camera Division which continued the brand Century until 1920.


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