ICA

ad of 1922

In 1909, the four camera makers Hüttig AG in Dresden, Kamerawerk Dr. Krügener in Frankfurt/M, Wünsche AG in Reick near Dresden and Carl Zeiss Palmos AG in Jena joined forces to become the Internationale Camera A.-G. (ICA) in Dresden. Hüttig, one of the oldest camera makers was founded in 1862. Originally, the company logo was a five-pointed star. Later this was changed to a light-bearing angel. ICA produced a variety of cameras, continuing some of the camera lines of the founding companies. The plate cameras Sirene 135 and Ideal are common.

In 1926, ICA was one of the name-giving partners in Zeiss-Ikon. The others were Ernemann, also in Dresden, Goerz and Contessa-Nettel. The serial number system employed by Zeiss Ikon until its demise in 1972 was initiated early on when ICA was established, using a letter preceding the serial number.

Cameras

plate

ICA Lola image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

• Polyscop (stereo)
• Reflex
• Bébé
• Volta
• Orix
• Tropical Favorit
• Maximar
• Lola

continued Hüttig models

• Atom, Atom B
• Aviso
• Lloyd
• Cupido
• Stereolette
• Ideal, Ideal Stereo
• Niklas
• Nelson
• Toska
• Trilby

continued Wünsche models

• Juwel
• Reicka
• Sirene 135, Sirene 105

continued Dr. Krügener models

• Trona

continued Zeiss-Palmos models

• Minimum-Palmos, Stereo Minimum-Palmos
• Universal-Palmos

rollfilm

• Icarette

continued Dr. Krügener models

• Halloh
• ICA Halloh 570

Links

• ICA company history in German on Wikipedia.org
• Ideal 650 stereo camera in Welt der Stereoskopie
• Polyscop at Technische Antiquitäten [1]
• Icarette II 500 in Frank Petermann's website
• brochure of 1925 about contemporary ICA cameras at [2] M. Butkus´
• Ica page at Collection G. Even's site
• Ica cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr