Difference between revisions of "United States Camera"
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| − | The '''United States Camera Corporation''' was based in 17 North Loomis Street, Chicago 7, Illinois (U.S.A.) . | + | The '''United States Camera Corporation''' was based in 17 North Loomis Street, Chicago 7, Illinois (U.S.A.) . It was apparently an alternate name of the [[Pho-Tak]] Corporation, at the same address. |
===Cameras=== | ===Cameras=== | ||
| − | * '''Trailblazer''' | + | * '''Trailblazer''' (also exists as the [[Pho-Tak Trailblazer 120]] |
* '''Reflex II''' | * '''Reflex II''' | ||
* '''[[USC Reflex II X]]''' | * '''[[USC Reflex II X]]''' | ||
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* '''Auto Forty''' | * '''Auto Forty''' | ||
* '''Auto Fifty''' | * '''Auto Fifty''' | ||
| − | * '''Vagabond 120''' | + | * '''Vagabond 120''' (similar to [[Pho-Tak Traveler 120]]) |
| − | * '''[[Rollex 20]]''' | + | * '''[[Rollex 20]]''' (similar to [[Pho-Tak]] Foldex 20) |
* '''USC 20''' | * '''USC 20''' | ||
* '''USC 35''' (made in Germany) | * '''USC 35''' (made in Germany) | ||
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Revision as of 23:45, 30 April 2011
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| Trailblazer image by Marc Henderson (Image rights) |
The United States Camera Corporation was based in 17 North Loomis Street, Chicago 7, Illinois (U.S.A.) . It was apparently an alternate name of the Pho-Tak Corporation, at the same address.
Cameras
- Trailblazer (also exists as the Pho-Tak Trailblazer 120
- Reflex II
- USC Reflex II X
- USC Reflex III
- Auto Forty
- Auto Fifty
- Vagabond 120 (similar to Pho-Tak Traveler 120)
- Rollex 20 (similar to Pho-Tak Foldex 20)
- USC 20
- USC 35 (made in Germany)
- USC Automatic
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| USC 20, successor of Rollex 20 image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
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| Vagabond 120 image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights) |
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| USC Reflex II image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
Links
- manual of Reflex II/Reflex II "X" at Michael Butkus Jr.'s [1]
- USC 35 at Virtual Cameramuseum [2]
- USC Automatic at merrillphoto [3]
- 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? |
