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Revision as of 12:22, 6 May 2008
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| example of Imperial's products: Savoy box cameras (click on image to get some info) |
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Imperial was a main camera brand of the Herbert George Co. Chicago / Illinois, a company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945. Imperial box cameras were marketed under the brand name Herco as Herco Imperial. Imperial lasted as brand name for these cameras. In 1961 company ownership changed and the whole company was renamed to Imperial Camera Corp. . It made solid bakelite and plastic cameras - one of the first very colorful series of cameras.
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| Imperial Instant Load 900 | Imperial Mark 27 | Imperial Six-Twenty | ||||
| Herco Imperial | Imperial Mark XII Flash | Imperial 127 Reflex | ||||
| Imperial Insta-Flash | Imperial Reflex 620 Duo Lens | Imperial Cubex IV 127 | ||||
| Magimatic X50 | Imperial Princess |
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- Herbert George cameras and user manuals at www.collection-appareils.com
- Imperial Satellite at onetwoseven.org
- Imperial Insta-Flash at krphoto.com
- Herco Imperial at ozcamera.com
| 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? |
