Difference between revisions of "Montgomery Ward"
(added top beauty shot; Notes subhead) |
(→TLR: thumbnail of Wardflex (Argoflex E)) |
||
| Line 44: | Line 44: | ||
* Wards SLR 700 | * Wards SLR 700 | ||
| + | {{Flickr_image | ||
| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/4771705278/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
| + | |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4771705278_b55eaa1f36_t.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= right | ||
| + | |image_text= Bakelite Wardflex<br>([[Argoflex E]]) | ||
| + | |image_by= Stephen<br>Dowle | ||
| + | |image_rights= with permission | ||
| + | }} | ||
=== TLR === | === TLR === | ||
* Wardflex (metal & plastic versions) | * Wardflex (metal & plastic versions) | ||
Revision as of 00:10, 4 March 2011
|
| 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 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.
Contents
Cameras
- Adams 351
- Adams 352
- Baby Thornward #2
- Long Focus Thornward
- Majestic
- Montgomery Model B
- MW
- Premium
- Thornward Dandy
Wards
35mm Rangefinder
- Wards am 450 = Konica Auto S
- Wards am 550
- Wards am 551 = Konica_Auto_S2
35mm Viewfinder
- Ward 35
- 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 (rebadged Konica EE-Matic Deluxe)
SLR
- Wards SLR 700
|
| Bakelite Wardflex (Argoflex E) image by [[:Category:image by Stephen Dowle|Stephen Dowle]] (Image rights) |
[[Category:Image by Stephen
Dowle]]
TLR
- Wardflex (metal & plastic versions)
- Wardflex II ( a rebadged Taiyōdō TLR )
127 Cameras
- Wards 25
Box
- Wardette (similar to Bilora Stahl-Box)
Notes
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? |
