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Revision as of 06:50, 5 October 2021
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| image by Jeff Durham (Image rights) |
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| Ward's "Wardette" box camera, made by Bilora image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights) |
The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first department store to operate by mail order. The company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward[1]. They sold cameras under the Wards brand, and some by other names.
The company was not consistent in its camera branding. For example, their 1948 photographic catalog shows no cameras with Montgomery Ward branding, and lists the Argoflex E under its own name. (Prior to WWII, this camera was sold as the Wardflex.)
Contents
Cameras
- Adams 351
- Adams 352
- Baby Thornward #2
- Long Focus Thornward - 4x5
- Majestic
- Montgomery Model B - 4x5
- MW
- Premium
- Rolfix (made by Franka)
- Thornward Dandy - 4x5
Wards
35mm Rangefinder
- Wards am 450 (rebadged Konica Auto S)
- Wards am 550 (rebadged Konica Auto S)
- Wards am 551 (rebadged Konica Auto S2 "New" or "EL")
35mm Viewfinder
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| Ward 35 image by Scott Cog (Image rights) |
- Photrix Stereo (rebadged Iloca Stereo II
- Ward 35 re-badged Beauty 35 by Taiyōdō
- Wards 35-EE
- Wards I-A (rebadged Adox Polo 1S)
- Wards II-A
- Wards III-A (rebadged Adox Polomatic 3S)
- Wards ep 504 Electric
- Wards Eye (Konica Eye) half-frame
- Wards x100 (Adox Golf I?)
- Wards xe200
- Wards xp400 (Konica EE-Matic S)
- Wards xp 500 (Konica EE-Matic)
- Wards xp 500a (Konica EE-Matic)
- Wards xp 501 (rebadged Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)
- Wards xp501a (rebadged Konica EE-Matic Deluxe New)
SLR
- Wards SLR 500
- Wards SLR 600
- Wards SLR 700 (Konica FP)
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| Bakelite Wardflex (Argoflex E) image by Stephen Dowle (Image rights) |
TLR
- Wardflex (Bakelite, pre WWII)
- Wardflex and Wardflex II (metal) 1950s, re-badged Japanese TLR by Taiyōdō
110 cameras
- Montgomery Ward 688
126 cameras
- Wards Autoflash 100
- Wards Autoflash 300 (Keystone)
- Wards cp301 (Konica EE-Matic 260)
- Wards cp302
- Wards x 42c
127 Cameras
- Wards 24 (Mercury Satellite 127)
- Wards 25 (Mercury Satellite 127)
Box
- Wardette (similar to Bilora Stahl-Box)
Notes
Links
About Us page at Montgomery Ward company site
| 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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