Falcon Minicam Senior

original variant with on-body release button, and a named lens in a lens barrel w/o release lever image by Graustark (Image rights)

The Falcon Minicam Senior 127 film camera was made in New York by the Utility Manufacturing Company. The 50mm Minivar lens and Instant/Time shutter were common features of many Falcon-branded cameras from the company.

In addition to the making of a modified version of Utility's aluminium-bodied camera, Spartus recycled the name "Minicam Senior" for a bakelite model, badged as made by Falcon Camera Co. of Chicago, a brand used by Spartus after its purchase of Utility Mfg.

Utility's original design was also continued, but with the lens barrel and lens of Spartus' bakelite Minicam Senior.

Bakelite Minicam Senior from Chicago image by Scott Head (Image rights)

See The Chicago Cluster for more probably-related cameras and "companies"