Houghton and Ensign

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 Houghtons 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.