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Revision as of 13:35, 23 August 2011
Monarck Manufacturing Company was based in Chicago, Illinois, and sold a line of low-priced cameras. The cameras often bore variations of the company name include Monarck Mfg Co., Monarch Mfg Co., and Monark Mfg Co.
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| Monarck Manufacturing Company ad, from June, 1940 Popular Photography Note Monarch 620 is spelled both ways image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
History
In 1940 the company was located at 711 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois[1]. In the bewildering world of Chicago camera manufacturing, note this address was one also used by Spartus, Galter, Herold, Spencer, and their numerous sub-brands.
127 Cameras
- Flashmaster No. 110 (Graf Meniscus lens)
- Flashmaster No. 117 (f7.7 achromatic lens, 3 stops)
- Flexmaster Reflex No. 211 (Graf Meniscus Lens)
- Flexmaster Reflex No. 248 (f7.7 achromatic lens, 3 stops)
- Kandõ Reflex
- Royal Reflex (pseudo TLR)
- Lincoln Candid Type
- Vogue Candid Type
- Churchill Candid Type
135 Cameras
- Princess No. 300
620 Cameras
- Monarck No. 620
Photos
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| Monark Mfg. Co. Kandõ Reflex image by Mike Ttv (Image rights) |
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| Monarch Mfg. Co. Kandõ Reflex image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
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| Monarch Mfg. Co. Vogue image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights) |
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| Churchill minicam image by amber's-ambry (Image rights) |
References
- ↑ Popular Photography, June 1940, Page 107
| 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 |
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