Houghton-Butcher
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| handsome redesign of the Ful-Vue, introduced by Barnet-Ensign in 1945 |
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was the manufacturer of the camera brand Ensign. It was based London. It derived from a merger of the old optical company Houghton with W. Butcher and Sons Ltd. . In 1939 it introduced the Ensign Ful-Vue box camera, one of the most popular cameras of its time in the UK. In 1945 the company should be liquidated, but with film maker Elliot and Sons Ltd. (film brand "Barnet") as new partner it survived for a while as Barnet Ensign Ltd. . In 1948 Ross and Barnet Ensign were merged to Barnet Ensign Ross (later Ross-Ensign).
Links
- Ensign history at ensign.demon
- Ensign history and folding cameras at ozcamera [1]
- an Ensign Selfix at Mario Groleau's [2]
- Ensign Handbook of Photography at www.butkus.org [3]
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.com [4]
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