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'''Spartus''' was a camera maker originally based in New York and named '''Utility Manufacturing Company'''. In 1941 it was bought by Spartus and moved to Chicago. In 1951 its head of sales, Harold Rubin, bought the company and named it '''Herold Mfg. Co.'''. It made cameras of its own brand Spartus and under the brand or company names of dozens of companies. The cameras had a distinctive styling. | '''Spartus''' was a camera maker originally based in New York and named '''Utility Manufacturing Company'''. In 1941 it was bought by Spartus and moved to Chicago. In 1951 its head of sales, Harold Rubin, bought the company and named it '''Herold Mfg. Co.'''. It made cameras of its own brand Spartus and under the brand or company names of dozens of companies. The cameras had a distinctive styling. | ||
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| Regal Flash Master, remarkable bakelite compact design with flash, 1939 by Utility Manufacturing, also sold as Spartus Press Flash, Falcon Press Flash and Galter Press Flash. image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
Spartus was a camera maker originally based in New York and named Utility Manufacturing Company. In 1941 it was bought by Spartus and moved to Chicago. In 1951 its head of sales, Harold Rubin, bought the company and named it Herold Mfg. Co.. It made cameras of its own brand Spartus and under the brand or company names of dozens of companies. The cameras had a distinctive styling.
Contents
Cameras
Spartus
- Cinex
- Spartus 116, 116/616, 120, 620, Rocket (Box cameras)
- Spartus 35 F & Spartus 35
- Spartus 4 (folding)
- Spartus Co-Flash
- Spartus Full-Vue
- Spartus Junior Model
- Spartus Press Flash
- Spartus Rocket
- Spartus Six Twenty
- Spartus Spartaflex
- Spartus Super R-I
- Spartus Vanguard
- Spartus Vest Pocket (folding)
Utility
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| Falcon Miniature image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
- Carlton Reflex
- Falcon (Bakelite)
- Falcon (folding)
- Falcon Flex
- Falcon Junior (Folding Bakelite)
- Falcon Junior 16 (Box)
- Falcon Midget 16 (box)
- Falcon Minette
- Falcon Miniature
- Falcon Minicam Junior
- Falcon Minicam Senior
- Falcon Model Four
- Falcom Model F & Model FE
- Falcon Model G & Model GE
- Falcon Model V-16
- Falcon Press Flash
- Falcon Rocket
- Falcon Special
- Falcon-Abbey Electricamera
Links
- Spartus at One To Seven [1]
- Herold cameras, Spartus cameras and Utility cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
| 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? |
