Herlango
Herlango was a maker and distributor of photographic goods in Vienna.[1][2] The company was formed by the merger of companies named Hrdliczka, Langer and Goldmann (hence Her, Lang, Go) in 1917. Goldmann was a camera-maker. The other partners which formed Herlango made dry plates and printing papers. The pictures at photohistory.at include one of the carpentry shop, suggesting the merged company continued to make some wooden cameras in the 1920s. McKeown lists a number of wood- and metal-bodied folding plate cameras.[3] Herlango is better known, however, as an importer of roll-film cameras made by German companies (including Balda, Kochmann and Zeh) in the 1930s. Several different cameras (by different makers) were sold under the name Renox.
Notes
- ↑ Herlango at photohistory.at (text in German).
- ↑ Company history, and image of a 1924 share certificate at Historische Wertpapierhaus (text in German).
- ↑ 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). p386-8.
Links
- Herlango 18x24 cm studio camera, about 1920, sold at the twelfth Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 17 November 2007.
- A very similar Herlango 'Goldmann' 18x24 studio camera (but without the studio stand), about 1925, with a 48 cm f/4.5 'Nicola Perscheid' portrait lens by Emil Busch, sold at the 23rd Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 25 May 2013.
- Herlango Goldmann 6x13 cm stereo plate camera, wooden-bodied, with 7.5 cm f/4.5 Xenar lenses and Stereo-Compur shutter, sold at the fifth Westlicht auction, on 29 May 2004.
