Difference between revisions of "Houghton and Ensign"
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'''Houghton''' was founded as ''Claudet and Houghton'' in 1836 by George Houghton and Frenchman Antoine Claudet as a glass warehouse in London. In 1869 it became ''George Houghton & Son'' . In 1903 it produced the roll flm brand '''Ensign'''. In 1905 ''Houghton's Ltd.'' built a factory for the production of cameras on the Fulbourn Road in Walthamstow. In 1907 this was the biggest British camera factory. A characteristic product of Houghton was the ''Ensignette'', a folding camera developed by the Swedish engineer Magnus Neill. | '''Houghton''' was founded as ''Claudet and Houghton'' in 1836 by George Houghton and Frenchman Antoine Claudet as a glass warehouse in London. In 1869 it became ''George Houghton & Son'' . In 1903 it produced the roll flm brand '''Ensign'''. In 1905 ''Houghton's Ltd.'' built a factory for the production of cameras on the Fulbourn Road in Walthamstow. In 1907 this was the biggest British camera factory. A characteristic product of Houghton was the ''Ensignette'', a folding camera developed by the Swedish engineer Magnus Neill. | ||
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Revision as of 21:16, 22 March 2007
Houghton was founded as Claudet and Houghton in 1836 by George Houghton and Frenchman Antoine Claudet as a glass warehouse in London. In 1869 it became George Houghton & Son . In 1903 it produced the roll flm brand Ensign. In 1905 Houghton's Ltd. built a factory for the production of cameras on the Fulbourn Road in Walthamstow. In 1907 this was the biggest British camera factory. A characteristic product of Houghton was the Ensignette, a folding camera developed by the Swedish engineer Magnus Neill.
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| Adams & Co. | Agilux | Aldis | APeM | Aptus | Artima | Barnet Ensign | Beard | Beck | Benetfink | Billcliff | Boots | British Ferrotype | Butcher | Chapman | Cooke | Corfield | Coronet | Dallmeyer | Dekko | De Vere | Dixons | Dollond | Elliott | Gandolfi | Gnome | Griffiths | G. Hare | Houghtons | Houghton-Butcher | Hunter | Ilford | Jackson | Johnson | Kentmere | Kershaw-Soho | Kodak Ltd. | Lancaster | Lejeune and Perken | Lizars | London & Paris Optic & Clock Company | Marion | Marlow | Meagher | MPP | Neville | Newman & Guardia | Pearson and Denham | Perken, Son and Company | Perken, Son & Rayment | Photopia | Purma | Reid & Sigrist | Reynolds and Branson | Ross | Ross Ensign | Sanderson | Sands & Hunter | Shackman | Shew | Soho | Standard Cameras Ltd | Taylor-Hobson | Thornton-Pickard | Underwood | United | Watkins | Watson | Wynne's Infallible | Wray |
