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The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first mail order business. The company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward Wikipedia article]</ref>. They sold cameras under the '''Wards''' brand, and some by other names. | The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first mail order business. The company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward Wikipedia article]</ref>. They sold cameras under the '''Wards''' brand, and some by other names. | ||
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Revision as of 07:01, 5 December 2008
The Montgomery Ward department stores chain is reputed to be the first mail order business. 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.
Cameras
- Adams 351
- Adams 352
- Baby Thornward #2
- Long Focus Thornward
- Majestic
- Montgomery Model B
- MW
- Premium
- Thornward Dandy
Wards
35mm Rangefinder
- Wards am 550
- Wards am 551
35mm Viewfinder
- Ward 35
- Wards 25
- Wards 35-EE
- Wards I-A (rebadged Adox Polo 1S)
- Wards II-A
- Wards III-A (rebadged Adox Polomatic 3S)
- Wards cp 301
- Wards ep 504 Electric
- Wards x100
- Wards xp400
- Wards xp 500
- Wards xp 500a
- Wards xp 501
SLR
- Wards SLR 700
TLR
- Wardflex (metal & plastic versions)
- Wardflex II
Box
- Wardette (similar to Bilora Stahl-Box)
Links
- Wards xp 501 (same as the Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)
| 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 |
| Chicago in depth: The Chicago Cluster, a bakelite trust? |
