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Revision as of 13:48, 20 August 2011
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| Herco Imperial image by Shuggy™ (Image rights) |
The brand Imperial was also used on a series of box cameras from Braun in Germany, and several other products have carried the name Imperial.
Imperial was the main camera brand of Herbert George Co., a Chicago, Illinois, company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945. Herco appeared on some models, such as the Herco Imperial; then Imperial won out as the preferred name. In 1961, company ownership changed and the whole company was renamed to Imperial Camera Corp. . It made entirely bakelite and plastic cameras and often used eye-catching colors and styles to spur sales of what were otherwise very basic designs.
Camera Models
Gallery
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| The Savoy was a popular model image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
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| Colorful cameras were a Herbert George specialty image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
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| Imperial Reflex image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
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| Imperial Mark XII Flash image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson |
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| Imperial Mark 27 image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
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| Delta (4x4 on 127 film) image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
Links
- Herbert George cameras and user manuals at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Imperial Satellite at onetwoseven.org
- Imperial Insta-Flash at krphoto.com
- Herco Imperial at ozcamera.com
- Herbert-George page at Collection G. Even's site
- Imperial Camera Corp. page at Collection G. Even's site
- Shooting 35mm film with the Imperial Satellite
| Companies of Chicago (Illinois) |
| Adams & Westlake | Central Camera Co. | American Advertising and Research Co. | Bernard | Burke & James | Busch | Calumet | Candid | Chicago Aerial | Chicago Camera Co. | Chicago Ferrotype Company | Deardorff | De Vry | Drucker | Galter | Geiss | Herold | Imperial | Kemper | Lennor Engineering Co. | Metropolitan Industries | Monarch | Montgomery Ward | Pho-Tak | QRS Company | Rolls | Sans & Streiffe | Sears | Seymour | Spartus | The Camera Man | United States Camera Co. | Western Camera Manufacturing Co. | Yale | Zar | Zenith |
| Chicago in depth: The Chicago Cluster, a bakelite trust? |
