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'''Miller Outcalt''' was photographic supplier based in Santa Monica (CA), trading under the KALT and Milo / Mil-O brands.<ref name="UCSC archive">Miller Outcalt's [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4d5nc6q6/entire_text/ autobiographical reminiscences], "biography" section, "Guide to the Miller Outcalt Photographs" (Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz)</ref> Founded in the late 1940s, the business was in 1983 to the photo distributor Brandess Brothers.<ref name="UCSC archive"/>
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'''Miller Outcalt''' was an Ohio-born entrepreneur who, together with his wife Bunny, became a successful photographic supplier based in Santa Monica (CA), trading under the '''KALT''' and Milo / '''Mil-O''' brands.<ref name="UCSC archive">Miller Outcalt's [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4d5nc6q6/entire_text/ autobiographical reminiscences], "biography" section, "Guide to the Miller Outcalt Photographs" (Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz)</ref> Founded in the late 1940s, the business was sold in 1983 to the photo distributor Brandess Brothers<ref name="UCSC archive"/>> They later acquired [[Aetna]] to form BKA (Brandess Kalt Aetna)—which after 2010 merged to form OmegaBrandess who (as of 2022) still exist.<ref>OmegaBrandess [https://omegabrandess.com/about-us/ "About Us" page] at the [https://omegabrandess.com/ company website]</ref>
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After the deaths of the Outcalts an endowment was established in their names to support UC Santa Cruz's special collections in photography.<ref> [https://news.ucsc.edu/2004/11/597.html "UC Santa Cruz Library receives half-million-dollar gift to benefit Special Collections photo archives"], November 17, 2004, at the [https://news.ucsc.edu/index.html UC Santa Cruz Newscenter].</ref>
  
  
 
==Cameras==
 
==Cameras==
 
* '''[[MIL-O|Milo 35]]''' (a rebadged [[Beauty 35]])
 
* '''[[MIL-O|Milo 35]]''' (a rebadged [[Beauty 35]])
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* "West Coast Distributor" for [[Taron]]<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52488651283/in/pool-camerawiki/ Taron 35 Model III] advertised in the February, 1959, ''Popular Photography'' (Vol. 44, No. 2; pg. 76)</ref>
  
 
==Other==
 
==Other==

Revision as of 13:10, 26 November 2022

Miller Outcalt was an Ohio-born entrepreneur who, together with his wife Bunny, became a successful photographic supplier based in Santa Monica (CA), trading under the KALT and Milo / Mil-O brands.[1] Founded in the late 1940s, the business was sold in 1983 to the photo distributor Brandess Brothers[1]> They later acquired Aetna to form BKA (Brandess Kalt Aetna)—which after 2010 merged to form OmegaBrandess who (as of 2022) still exist.[2]

After the deaths of the Outcalts an endowment was established in their names to support UC Santa Cruz's special collections in photography.[3]


Cameras

Other

  • Mil-O Filters [5]
  • Mil-O Lightmeter[6]

Links

  • Miller Outcalt autobiographical reminiscences (Miller Outcalt photographs. MS 234. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Miller Outcalt's autobiographical reminiscences, "biography" section, "Guide to the Miller Outcalt Photographs" (Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz)
  2. OmegaBrandess "About Us" page at the company website
  3. "UC Santa Cruz Library receives half-million-dollar gift to benefit Special Collections photo archives", November 17, 2004, at the UC Santa Cruz Newscenter.
  4. Taron 35 Model III advertised in the February, 1959, Popular Photography (Vol. 44, No. 2; pg. 76)
  5. Mil-O Optical Glass Filter with box, Oakland Museum of California
  6. On-line auctions