Mecum

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The Mecum is a 9x12 stereo box plate camera distributed in Switzerland by Hausamann & Co, St. Gallen [1]. The camera was possibly manufactured by Camera Industrie Austria and based on the CIA Stereo [2]. Built-identical cameras were sold in Germany as the Fitax by Bing Werke, Nürnberg. McKeown says Mecum is a copy of the Neithold Ce-Nei Indupor [3] and it seems the same.[4]


Notes

  1. See image of 1927 catalogue page of Hausamann & Co. (Mecum 9x12 (Welt der Stereoskopie)), Mini-biography of Hans Hausamann (in German)
  2. CIA Stereo (Photohistory Austria)
  3. 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). Page 655-656.
  4. 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). Page 711.