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| − | '''Seymour Sales Co.''' (AKA Seymour Products Co. and also spelled Seymore) was a company based in Chicago. It offered some [[bakelite]] cameras, in the "minicam" style typical of [[Spartus]], [[Monarch]], and other related brands. It seems probable that | + | '''Seymour Sales Co.''' (AKA Seymour Products Co. and also spelled Seymore) was a company based in Chicago. It offered some [[bakelite]] cameras, in the "minicam" style typical of [[Spartus]], [[Monarch]], and other related brands. It seems probable that Seymour's niche was "creative branding" rather than manufacturing cameras. |
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Revision as of 15:28, 14 August 2011
Seymour Sales Co. (AKA Seymour Products Co. and also spelled Seymore) was a company based in Chicago. It offered some bakelite cameras, in the "minicam" style typical of Spartus, Monarch, and other related brands. It seems probable that Seymour's niche was "creative branding" rather than manufacturing cameras.
Cameras
- Dick Tracy
- Brenda Starr Cub Reporter
- Flash Master (as Acro-Flash "45" kit)
| 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? |
