ICA

ad of 1922

In 1909, the four Dresden camera makers Hüttig AG, Kamerawerk Dr. Krügener, Wünsche AG and Carl Zeiss Palmos AG joined forces to become the Internationale Camera Ag. 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. Of course some camera lines of the founding companies were continued. 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.

Cameras

plate

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

continued Hüttig models

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

continued Wünsche models

• 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

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.com