Lipca

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Lipca, which is short for Lip­pi­sche Ca­me­rafa­brik Rich­ter & Fi­scher, was started by a business agreement on October 30th 1947 in Barntrup, Germany, by the former owners of Kamera-Werk C. Richter, the married couple Fritz and Charlotte Richter together with Karl Fischer, a Master of Business Administration.

Fritz Richter died in a tragic car accident soon afterwards in January 1948 while en route to a business meeting to discuss the plans for another camera factory in Bünde (later known as Balda Bünde).

The "Lippischen Camerafabrik Richter & Fischer GmbH" Barntrup was then officially founded on May 14th 1948 by the widow Charlotte Richter and Karl Fischer.

The company was closed in the early 1960's.

Cameras

• Flexo (1949)
• Flexora (1952)
• Flexora II
• Flexora III (1956)
• Rollop I and II (1954)
• Rollop Automatic (1956)

The Rollop 35 is not related to Lipca and was produced after the company was closed.
Very probably the Rollop 35 is the same camera as the Franka 125 L.

Bibliography

• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover).
• Personal Lipca research documentation, courtesy of long time Lipca collector and history investigator Herr Ulf Schopfer, Bad Pyrmont, Germany
• Peter Barz, article "Lipca Teil 1, eine Neugründung der Nachkriegszeit" in the German magazine "Photographica Cabinett 25/02"
• Peter Barz, article "Lipca Teil 2, Die Kameras de Lippischen Camerafabrik Richter & Fischer GmbH, Barntrup" in the German magazine "Photographica Cabinett 26/02"

Links

In English:

• A company history at amateurphotographer.com
• Andreas Wolkerstorfers Flexora TLR

In French:

• Lippische Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr

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