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− | '''Albert Drucker''' was an optical engineer in Chicago. He joined [[Burke & James|Burke and James]], which was owned by his brother George Drucker,<ref>[http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/Burke/page2.html Burke and James partial company history] at [http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/Burke/page2.html Jo Lommen's website].</ref> after the serving in the US Navy in the First World War.<ref>[ | + | '''Albert Drucker''' was an optical engineer in Chicago. He joined [[Burke & James|Burke and James]], which was owned by his brother George Drucker,<ref>[http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/Burke/page2.html Burke and James partial company history] at [http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/Burke/page2.html Jo Lommen's website].</ref> after the serving in the US Navy in the First World War.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-06-07-8502050948-story.html Albert Drucker] - obituary in the [https://www.chicagotribune.com/ Chicago Tribune], 7 June 1985.</ref> McKeown lists one camera, the [[Drucker Ranger|Ranger]], as having been made independently by '''Albert Drucker and Company''' in about 1939, while Drucker was working for Burke and James.<ref>{{McKeown12}} p251.</ref> He left the firm in 1953 (when he was the company secretary and chief engineer), and bought the assets of the [[Gundlach]] Manufacturing Company. |
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Albert Drucker was an optical engineer in Chicago. He joined Burke and James, which was owned by his brother George Drucker,[1] after the serving in the US Navy in the First World War.[2] McKeown lists one camera, the Ranger, as having been made independently by Albert Drucker and Company in about 1939, while Drucker was working for Burke and James.[3] He left the firm in 1953 (when he was the company secretary and chief engineer), and bought the assets of the Gundlach Manufacturing Company.
Notes
- ↑ Burke and James partial company history at Jo Lommen's website.
- ↑ Albert Drucker - obituary in the Chicago Tribune, 7 June 1985.
- ↑ 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). p251.
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